November 6, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
It’s been available as a layer on Google Maps for BlackBerry devices for a while, but it looks like Google formally announced the MTA NYC Subway transit layer for the standard version of Google Maps. Rather than simply showing the station stops like Google Maps has been doing, the new layer actually shows you how each line travels from point to point.
Looks like there will soon be no use for this digital version of the official MTA NYC Subway map.
September 3, 2009 @ 7:54 pm
Man Sets TTC Bus on Fire from Tim Shore on Vimeo.
This video makes absolutely no sense to me.
But I will say that it does goes well with the taxi cab that caught fire earlier today in Manhattan. Mmmm, yes it does.
July 12, 2009 @ 9:30 am
If the bus system in New York City was like Bogota’s, I’d gladly ride the bus everywhere.
January 15, 2009 @ 8:44 pm
Google Maps has shown public transportation stops for a while in New York City (and…if I remember correctly, some other cities as well), but now they are taking it one step further and offering public transportation layers that show routes and stops in the colors that they are meant to be shown in.
So far, the list of cities is pretty extensive. These are the cities that now offer public transportation layers in Google Maps:
Belo Horizonte, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brasilia, Cairo, Capetown, Caracas, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dallas, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Ekaterinburg, Essen, Frankfurt, Genoa, Guadalajara, Hamburg, Helsinki, Johannesburg, Kazan, Köln, Lille, Lisbon, London, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Medellin, Mexico City, Melbourne, Monterrey, Montreal, Munich, Naples, Nizhniy Novgorod, Oslo, Paris, Perth, Portland, Porto, Porto Alegre, Prague, Pretoria, Recife, Rennes, Rio de Janeiro, Samara, San Francisco, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tunis, Vienna, Warsaw.
The new public transportation layer accompanies photos, Wikipedia entries, and video layers available in most locations in Google Maps.
But seriously, why isn’t New York City there? I bet some stupid State Government red tape is preventing Google from displaying these maps. I wouldn’t be surprised if NYS/NYC wanted money from Google for showing these on Google Maps.
UPDATE: It looks like Google Maps has taken down the Melbourne public transportation layer. Who knows why.
September 26, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
This week, I closed my account at Citibank. I feel so good! That was pretty much the worst bank ever.
Why does Melbourne have the most awesome architecture in all of the world?
And here’s a list of beautiful boutique hotels in Australia (some of which are located in Melbourne).
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Google Maps now has NYC Transit information built-in. There’s almost no use for HopStop anymore.
New York City will see more of the Summer Streets program next summer. TOTALLY AWESOME.
IntenseDebate recently got acquired by Automattic, the parent company that oversees the development of Wordpress. If IntenseDebtate makes it into Wordpress 2.7, oh man, it’s going to make commenting so much easier and better.
Alife is opening another shop directly across the street from their current flagship on the LES. The new store will cater to the urban sportswear crowd.
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