Real time BART information now on Google Maps
Written by jrood
The Bay Area Rapid Transit's MobileBART has partnered with Google and top transit agencies from around the world to bring real time transit information to a new beta service called Google Live Transit Updates. Riders can now see BART real time departures and service advisories everywhere Google provides BART schedules, including Google Maps, Google Maps for Mobile and Google Place Pages. "Now when you Google your directions with the 'by public transit' option on Google Maps, you are able to see the real time departure information for BART trains, in addition to the suggested routes, which makes taking public transportation even easier and more efficient." BART Board President Bob Franklin said. "We've created a new data specification for sharing real time information. For now it's powering Live Transit Updates, but in the future it can be used by even more innovative services," BART Website Manager Timothy Moore said. After evaluating the beta release of Live Transit Updates, BART will open up this newest real time data feed to drive even more innovative third-party apps, websites, kiosks, navigation and location-based services.
