KCATA Discontinues Its Online Trip Planner
Posted on: May 18, 2011
Google Transit Tools Still Available
(Kansas City, Mo. -- May 18, 2011) Effective June 10, 2011, The Metro will only offer the
Google Transit trip planner on its website. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s (KCATA) original Metro Trip Planner will be discontinued.
The Metro’s Trip Planner was created by KCATA using third-party software. The trip planner has become less reliable over the past few years, and customers have experienced service outages. Google Transit offers comparable trip planning with better reliability.
Google Transit is available at [url=http://www.google.com/transit]http://www.google.com/transit[/url], and also in a mobile-friendly format at m.google.com/maps. Additionally, Google Transit offers:
- Maps with street view and satellite view available
- Ability to email a trip plan or copy a link to the trip plan
- Ability to search by business names
- Ability to select date and time of travel
- Ability to show connections between all transit agencies in the area, including Unified Government Transit, The JO and City of Lawrence Kansas Transit
- Availability for computers and smartphones
KCATA encourages customers to start using Google Transit now. Video tutorials about using Google Transit and about downloading Google Transit to a phone are available at [url=http://www.kcata.org/maps_schedules/trip_planner/]http://www.kcata.org/maps_schedules/trip_planner/[/url].
Additionally, KCATA makes its Google Transit feed available for software developers. To learn more about this project, visit [url=http://www.kcata.org/transit_data]http://www.kcata.org/transit_data[/url].
