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Google Launches Transit Mapping Service

Posted by: Christian Peralta Madera

28 September 2006 - 5:00am

Google is testing its new transit trip planning service in six U.S. cities.

Transit riders in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are some of the first to benefit from the latest venture from Internet search firm Google.

"The project, available at google.com/transit, allows a user to quickly and easily find what bus to catch, where to catch it and how long it will take to reach the destination.

'It lets users get information on how to get from Point A to Point B using only public transportation,' Avichal Garg, product manager for Google Transit, said in an announcement last night from Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

Other cities involved in the startup at midnight last night were Eugene, Ore.; Seattle; Tampa, Fla.; and Honolulu."

Full Story: Google to guide transit riders
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 26, 2006
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