Google and NJ Transit partner to offer online trip planning
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New Jersey Transit train riders can now plan their trips online thanks to Google.
NJ Transit has become the first major public transit agency in the Northeast to partner with Google Transit, which already offers online trip planning for more than 30 transportation agencies in the United States and abroad.
Google Transit can provide specific trip times and transfers between any of NJ Transit’s 164 rail and 60 light rail stations.
But if you take a NJ Transit train to Hoboken, the system is not set up to include the Port Authority’s PATH trains, which bring travelers into Manhattan. It might only be a matter of time before all of the region’s transit agencies come aboard.
“Our partnership with the world-renowned, highly popular Google not only allows us to offer NJ Transit schedule information through Google Transit, but helps to pave the way for the seamless integration of regional transit information,†NJ Transit Executive Director Richard Sarles said in a statement. “As more transportation agencies in the region come online, customers will ultimately be able to plan their trips across multiple transit providers.â€
NJ Transit bus schedule information is expected to be added to the system later this year.
The partnership with Google was developed at no cost to NJ Transit.
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HopStop.com already allows for NJ to NYC trip planning. How is google transit better??