Comments on: Google Transit graduates from Labs, still sucks http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:04:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cary http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/comment-page-1/#comment-398129 cary Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:49:48 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/#comment-398129 I own a transit transportation company which helps get agencies and cities on Google Transit. (I also live in brooklyn btw). The reason they didn't start with NYC is because the amount of data for the NYC system is so large, that if they attempted to do it first, it would take them forever to find all the bugs, manage the data, and fix all the little quirks. So they started with small agencies to try and perfect the trip planning algorithm first. We are currently working with a number of agencies to get their data on Google Transit, and it's only a matter of time before the entire country's public and private transportation network is on Google Transit. If you want your city on google transit, contact your local transit agency and send them to http://nextinsight.com I own a transit transportation company which helps get agencies and cities on Google Transit. (I also live in brooklyn btw). The reason they didn’t start with NYC is because the amount of data for the NYC system is so large, that if they attempted to do it first, it would take them forever to find all the bugs, manage the data, and fix all the little quirks. So they started with small agencies to try and perfect the trip planning algorithm first.

We are currently working with a number of agencies to get their data on Google Transit, and it’s only a matter of time before the entire country’s public and private transportation network is on Google Transit.

If you want your city on google transit, contact your local transit agency and send them to http://nextinsight.com

]]> By: Alex B http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/comment-page-1/#comment-397769 Alex B Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:13:08 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/#comment-397769 *waits for Los Angeles to be added* :-P multiple bus agengcies throughout the county with a metro rail system added to the mix. Los Angeles bus system is as complicated as its freeway system. and yeah we have a subway too. *waits for Los Angeles to be added* :-P multiple bus agengcies throughout the county with a metro rail system added to the mix. Los Angeles bus system is as complicated as its freeway system. and yeah we have a subway too.

]]> By: John http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/comment-page-1/#comment-397744 John Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:54:19 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/#comment-397744 Awful post. This kind of attitude is why I left NYC...also, Idaho is not on there. Btw, it's great having it living in Portland ;-) Awful post. This kind of attitude is why I left NYC…also, Idaho is not on there.

Btw, it’s great having it living in Portland ;-)

]]> By: Vinny http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/comment-page-1/#comment-397743 Vinny Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:34:08 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12417/#comment-397743 What US Transit Mapping program doesn't start with NYC? There are lots of great domestic mass transit systems, but the one that is the most f'd up is NYC. Start there and work out the kinks. It makes every other system roll out like buttah. When I start a project, I start with the most difficult data to manage. It allows me to work out the kins before I build an entire system that can't accommodate the worst of it. What US Transit Mapping program doesn’t start with NYC? There are lots of great domestic mass transit systems, but the one that is the most f’d up is NYC. Start there and work out the kinks. It makes every other system roll out like buttah.

When I start a project, I start with the most difficult data to manage. It allows me to work out the kins before I build an entire system that can’t accommodate the worst of it.

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