At the end of a Wall Street Journal article today on how technology is helping the savvy slice some cents off the gasoline bill, Google Transit makes an appearance for a blogger in Milwaukee who used the elegant and powerful search to figure out how to use Milwaukee’s bus system. (And as a huge personal fan of Milwaukee — I’ll actually be there Monday — I’m *really* glad Milwaukee signed up with Google Transit because I’d never been able to figure out their bus network).
Will Carpenter is using the Web to cut out fuel consumption altogether. Google has teamed up with public transit authorities all over the country to provide directions for using public transit to get from point A to point B. Mr. Carpenter has been using the bus to get around on weekends since he discovered Google Transit was available for Milwaukee, his hometown. “Prior to that, I’d never used the bus. I didn’t want to take the time to figure it out,” he says.He calculates he saves around $15 every weekend by taking the bus instead of driving or taking a cab.
The next issue of More Riders Magazine features an in-depth interview with Tom Sly of Google who is one of the leaders of Google Transit as well as a thoughtful piece by our own Matt Hardigree on how the definition of a map has changed (and how transit agencies — as some of the nation’s most prominent map-makers — need to adjust). The magazine is at the printer now and subscribers should expect to receive the next issue in the mail sometime around the 20th of the month.
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