Recently, we stumbled upon a 50-year old map of the BART system from 1961, more than a decade before it began operation. Remarkably, the map is very similar to the system that was eventually built and is running today, but without the extensions to Palo Alto and Novato:
Yesterday, Google announced it had added a new biking feature to Google Maps. When a user needs directions for getting from Point A to Point B, they can now select ‘Bicycling’ in addition to ‘By Car’, ‘Walking’, and ‘By Public Transit’. From the Associated Press:
By: Trucy PhanGoogle spent the past six
We’ve added a new map that shows estimate positions of BART trains based on real time arrival data.
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Train positions are estimated based on the data that BART provides. Our map is great for visualizing the system and checking when the next trains are estimated to arrive. BART Keep reading >>
By: Brendan Nee
A short article in the Contra Costa Times highlighted our bike locker map.
By: Brendan Nee“In a new feature of the site supported by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, Web users can get information about the lockers by navigating to the Web site, clicking on “bike or walk” and then clicking on
We have a great selection of transportation-related maps in Contra Costa pulled into one comprehensive map page. The collection includes maps for bike routes, air quality, transit service, park & ride lots and much more.
Suggestions of other maps you would like to see here can be posted Keep reading >>
By: Brendan Nee
San Francisco Cityscape has just released its third version of a Bay Area rail map that includes all lines:
“The last version was more detailed; like the new BART map, it listed destinations that couldn’t be fit on the map. But we’d like to think that this version combines the Keep reading >>
By: Brendan Nee