Geek vs Life

I’ve been a bus rider even since I moved to the fair city of Seattle slightly over three years ago. Some people complain about the system quite a bit, but I disagree, I usually can find my way to and back from nearly anywhere in the city. Most of the time with only one transfer. The fact that the buses always seem to be running late on the other hand, well, that’s quite an annoyance.

The Metro Website, http://transit.metrokc.gov/, provides adaquate information on how to get around quite well. It has been a standard in my favorites pretty much since I moved here

Until now.

My friend S was telling me about anohter site that she uses, I kind of scoffed at her. Google Transit… really? My first impression reflected the fact that Google already has its hands in providing me a all my search results, it is the only site I use when hunting images an it has one of the most user friendly interfaces ever with Google Earth. But what does the Californian company know about my city? Plenty apparently.

Google Transit is more user friendly than the Metro Online website, providing you with alternate route plans and quick to manage time frames. The site isn’t very different from Google Maps, it’s just an overlaid application which is useful beyond belief.

Currently Google Transit is available in 13 cities: Burbank CA, Orange County CA, San Diego CA, Tampa FL, Honolulu HI, Duluth MN, Reno NV, Eugene OR, Portland OR, Pittsburgh PA, Austin TX, Seattle WA and Japan.

If the service is available in your area, give it a try, the worse than can happen is that you make it to your destination.