BART Website adds functions, including bike directions, using Google Maps
Written by jrood
The BART website (www.bart.gov) went live with new trip planning functions, including bicycle directions and station area points of interest that use the Google Maps API. In addition to walking and driving directions, visitors now can get bicycling directions between BART and any address using the BART QuickPlanner. They can also get more information about points of interest near BART stations, including directions, using the Neighborhood Map tab on any station page.
For example, someone who
works at Peet’s in Walnut Creek (1835 Ygnacio Valley Road) wants to join the
monthly East Bay Bike Party ride that leaves this Friday night at 8 p.m. from
outside the Lake Merritt BART Station.
Just put the work address
in the QuickPlanner, plug in Lake Merritt Station for the destination and get a
bike route to get to the closest BART station, see times for different trains to
take, a legend for whether bikes are allowed at that time (they are) and arrival
time.
By clicking on Lake Merritt
Neighborhood Map, customers can look for "coffee shop" and find out
there is a Blue Bottle nearby Jack London Square.
