Google Maps Now Shows Directions for Metro and Metrobus
Greater Greater Washington reports that Google Maps has now added Metro and Metrobus to the available travel methods you can use to figure out directions from Point A to Point B. GGW also notes that there will be a joint announcement from WMATA and Google tomorrow, and fingers are crossed that the news will be a full integration of WMATA data into Google Maps. That integration would make trip planning on Metro and Metrobus possible using the most popular web-based mapping application available (and UrbanTurf’s own favorite).
It would also mean that most of the entire DC metropolitan area’s transit services are finally incorporated into Google Maps; the Circulator, Ride On, DASH, Fairfax CUE, MTA, and MARC are already there. Which raises the question why WMATA, the regional heavyweight, is Johnny-come-lately. GGW has been tracking the process for the last couple years, and indications are that the hold-up has been at least partly due to Google and WMATA lawyers hammering out details of the arrangement.
Watch for an update tomorrow after the official announcement has been made.
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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/google_maps_now_shows_directions_for_metro_and_metrobus/3476.
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