He runs a sign company he restored and operates the historic Ritz Theatre and he’s also president of the Ritzville Downtown Development Association. John Rankin is a business owner and civic leader in the Adams County town of Ritzville. And in some cases, the old highway is what still goes through the middle of a cool, old rural town – because the straightened and realigned path of I-90 actually bypassed many of the small towns where US 10 was once the main street. In this case, a slightly longer bike ride by distance nets a shorter overall trip duration.Though most of the old road is buried under newer freeway, there are some great stretches – in some places, up to 40 miles long – where the vintage two-lane highway still exists in the Evergreen State. It’s also not clear where the best place to get off the bus and onto a bike is. But I wouldn’t know that without tediously mapping both segments individually. So the bus/bike combo is the fastest, even without accounting for Google’s conservative bike speed estimate. * Bus/bike combo, manually determined by mapping two separate trips, getting off the 120 at 3rd & Seneca: 13 minutes by bus + 13 minutes by bike = 26 minutes total * Bus/bike combo, manually determined by mapping two separate trips, getting off the 120 at 3rd & Virginia: 19 minutes by bus + 9 minutes by bike = 28 minutes total * By bike: 43 minutes (about 30-35 for me normally at peak hours) * A combination of the 120 and 28: 37 minutes (usually more like 45 minutes for me at peak hours) Regardless, here’s a specific example of trip times from Delridge Playfield to Lake Union Park in SLU (my own example, of course, but I’m sure there many similar cases): Since they already have bike estimates, all they need to do is combine modalities in their trip estimates, not include new ones. I know that and take it into account when planning trips by bike. I’m no racer, but my trip times are about 25% quicker than their estimates. True, but Google already does trip time estimates for bikes, and they seem to be quite conservative in their speed estimate. The upgraded Google Maps is coming to Android first and will appear soon on iOS. “We are getting better and better about being able to tell you the fastest way between two locations given the state of the world,” Ferris said. Combine that feature with Google’s already excellent trip planning, and you have a one-stop shop for determining what bus to take. Real-time means that Google not only knows the bus schedule but knows if it’s running on time or not. Via email, Brian says he’s “excited about the way Google is able to integrate real-time information into its trip planning features.” Once again, Brian Ferris, who created OneBusAway and works at Google had a major hand in making it happen. After last week’s integration of Community Transit route data, we now have real-time information for the major Seattle-area agencies, including King County Metro, Sound Transit, Pierce Transit, and Intercity Transit. Google Maps keeps getting better for Seattle-area transit users.
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