Webnotes by: Theresa Payton, Fortalice, LLC. Content also covered on WBTV's "Protecting Your Cyberturf" segment featuring Theresa Payton and Kristen Miranda.
Some good news for our
viewers headed to cities with public transit - Google has added a new transit
alert service to help you manage your commute whether for fun or work!
It’s easy to get to through Google Maps. Unfortunately, even though
you can get transit information on 800 cities around the world, you can only get
these transit alerts (for now) for the rail lines in DC and NYC and bus lines
in Salt Lake City...but they are inviting city transit managers to apply…maybe
Charlotte can ask to be added?
FEATURES:
Google already helps out
travelers with tips on fares, walking directions, and estimated travel time but
these new features are a huge help! They recently added a lot more cities
around the globe that they support.
This new service
provides:
Real time service alerts
It will help you map out
the best route to take
It will warn you about
construction or anything that might delay the train
They take their alerts
directly from the public transit’s alert system
Although Google can give
you transit information for 800 cities around the globe, including Paris, the
transit alert system is not available everywhere. Transit alerts are
available for the rail lines in DC and NYC, and the bus lines for Salt
Lake City.
Stay tuned because they
plan to add the transit alerts to many of the cities they provide information
for today!
You can get the transit
alert on Android or Apple phones
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WEB RESOURCES:
Try this cool feature
out at your house to test it out at:
Google company blog post
about transit alerts:
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