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spingineer
09-01-08, 10:20 AM
I was plotting driving directions for the Mt. Hamilton ride, and as I was looking at the driving directions, it gave me another link ... "Also Available Public Transit", with a link on Public Transit that shows scheduling and directions via VTA. It was not feasible for this trip, but I did think it was cool. It also compared cost of taking public transit vs. driving a car ($6.00 vs. $8.34 driving).

Google ... you continue to amaze me.

damnpoor
09-01-08, 02:26 PM
There's also an option when choosing a route for driving directions vs walking directions. I use driving directions when on my motorcycle and walking directions when on my bicycle.
msincredible
09-01-08, 08:28 PM
Yeah, that's the feature that told me to leave last night at 9:00 to get to the start of the ride by 10:30 this morning.

spingineer
09-01-08, 08:31 PM
Yeah, that's the feature that told me to leave last night at 9:00 to get to the start of the ride by 10:30 this morning.

So what's your point? :roflmao2:
mtnwalker
09-01-08, 09:17 PM
That walking feature really helped me out to plot a course to the starting point this morning. I did modify it a little here and there but overall its a very good feature.
x136
09-01-08, 09:25 PM
Yeah, that's the feature that told me to leave last night at 9:00 to get to the start of the ride by 10:30 this morning.People like you are the reason public transportation isn't more prevalent.

:P
smccready
09-01-08, 10:42 PM
Gonna try using the Google 'walking' directions to go to my office tomorrow AM ... we'll see how it goes.