Washington Metro To Google Transit: Take a Walk
December 22nd, 2008
Washington DC’s Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) told Google that it would not be giving any transit schedule data for the Google Transit service. "We decided that forming a partnership with Google was not in our best interest from a business perspective," Brett Tyler, WMATA’s Director of Customer Servicetold Michael Perkins who blogs at Greater Greater Washington. It is not clear if WMATA wants Google to pay them for the information. Many commuters aren’t too thrilled with WMATA’s decision, mostly because they think the transit authority’s website is not quite user friendly. At present, 13 major US transit agencies currently share data with Google Transit.