Fantastic news. Google released Google Transit as part of their Google Maps for mobile devices this week. Check out the Google blog for details or the Google Mobile blog. And to download right away, just go here????????.
Unfortunately, Google has not released the new version for Treo devices yet, so we’ll have to wait a bit longer. Only the Blackberries are ready to go today.
If you are part of an agency that provides your feed to Google so your data is on Google Transit, this is a good time to let your loyal riders know about this fantastic new feature on their mobile device. Of course, you must have an electronic newsletter so you are already emailing your most tech-savvy riders every month and it will be as easy as can be to tell them in the June issue about this great feature. If not, then put a link on your website to Google Maps, preferably next to your trip planner, so when your riders are looking for route information on their mobiles, they can find out about the new release and download it right then and there. And to show your taxpayers and elected officials that you are continually providing more and better services to the community, put out a press release touting the new feature of Google Maps with a huge press release splashed on your website to generate more traffic and more support.
And if you have not yet signed up with Google, then what are you waiting for? Talk to Aaron Antrim at Trillium Transit about getting your agency set up quickly and reasonably. Tell Aaron we sent you.
Congratulations to Google. I can’t wait until the Treo-compatible version is released.
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