I use public transit every day and rarely drive, unless I'm going out of town. And as much as I love my city, their trip planners are not as helpful as they could be. So where do you go for some bus- and train-hopping advice? You head on over to Google Maps, of course!
GoogleMaps has an awesome public-transportation database that tells you which bus to get. Enter your start and end addresses (or zip codes), select which mode you want (here in SF, you can take Muni, Bart, or Caltrain to get around), and the Google guru will do the rest. Plus it seems pretty reliable, as I've tried it twice for places I've never been before and happily arrived within 10 minutes of the ETA that Google Maps provided. And since Google is racking up the cities that they can map out for you, you should always be able to find your way — and be a bit more earth friendly to boot!
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Steve Madden
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Great tip. I am gonna try this next time!
1Cool! Thanks!
2wtf, no ny!
3It even tells you how much the train fair will cost?
4Wow! neat.
i'll check if there is any for tokyo! that's where i'll be all summer
5I played with this earlier this week and it worked a lot faster than my local transit department's website.
6Hopstop.com is what I use
7No DC yet.
8cool. i'll use this whenever i am in the states. the bc transit trip planner is actually pretty great - but then, i don't use skytrains/subways/ very often - like people need to in other cities that may be more spread out.
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