Google Maps now has a tool for transit travel

View stops, routes, times

Wendy Natt, Jan 29, 09.

Google Maps recently added a transit layer to their roadmap, terrain, and satellite viewing features so that travelers can search for the best route to take by train, streetcar, bus, or ferry, and can plan their entire trip using Google’s display of stop locations, transfers, and timetables, as well as suggested alternate routes.

Last year, Google added a walking feature to their views, so pedestrian travel routes can also be explored in advance. Walking directions also appear between destinations within suggested transit trips. Transit systems in cities worldwide are being added every day to Google Maps Transit, and currently include the US cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Dallas…and now Houston, among others.