Getting from Here to There

Setting the precedent for transit agencies worldwide, the London Journey Planner and New York City's HopStop put forth two refreshingly painless trip planning tools that easily get you from here to there.

Comments

[Preston]

Actually SEPTA has had one called 'Trip Planner' for some time.
http://airs.septa.org/bin/query.exe/en

Unfortunately, the New York Hop Stop gives coordinates for crosstown buses in Manhattan that a tourist could master in a day or two but it doesn't even attempt the more complicated bus systems in the other boroughs.

The first website to introduce outer borough coverage will instantly become a NYC treasure.

[gaela]

Thank you Preston, great link! I look forward to the day when all cities, NYC included, have something like SEPTA's Trip Planner. In my hometown, our only source of trip planning is still a route map, or assistance from a phone operator--if we are lucky to get through on the invariably busy line. Harumph!

[ana]

The Gothenburg public transport company has been running for a couple of years a very nice journey planner. It is at http://vasttrafik.se .

But of course, Gothenburg is nothing as complex as London or New York.