Well done, Co Cavan!

Mrs OBumble

This public transport page for Co Cavan turned up in my Google Alerts last week.

I couldn't see a link to it from the Council website .. am guessing that it's new. But I think it's a zillion miles more than any other local council has done (open to being corrected on this)

And I even found out about a Galway service I didn't know about.

dowlingm

Tús maith leath na hoib... ahem. A good start is half the work

That said, it would be great if CIE, Translink and some of the other agencies signed up to Google Transit for urban (to start with) and interurban routes. Publishing an official GT feed would open the way for mobile application developers.

It would be nice to see DofT get behind it and have the entire country covered by GT - a one stop shop for public transport planning. Maybe even ferry routes!

EDIT - now that I think about it - that's EXACTLY the kind of thing Bord Failte should be funding. Arriving at DUB or SNN with your iPhone or Blackberry and having access to public transportation planning through your (Google) Maps app or even a downloaded BF app.

Alt_Grrr

It would be fantastic if CIE signed up, but I doubt they ever would. it would only show up Public Transport in Ireland for the sham that it is.

Mrs OBumble

dowlingm wrote: »

Tús maith leath na hoib... ahem. A good start is half the work

That said, it would be great if CIE, Translink and some of the other agencies signed up to Google Transit for urban (to start with) and interurban routes. Publishing an official GT feed would open the way for mobile application developers.

It would be nice to see DofT get behind it and have the entire country covered by GT - a one stop shop for public transport planning. Maybe even ferry routes!

EDIT - now that I think about it - that's EXACTLY the kind of thing Bord Failte should be funding. Arriving at DUB or SNN with your iPhone or Blackberry and having access to public transportation planning through your (Google) Maps app or even a downloaded BF app.

Interesting: when I looked at Google Transit before, it looked like they were only interested in hearing from local councils etc - which isn't going to work in Ireland because the local councils don't have any authority or responsibility in planning public transport in their areas. Which is what makes Cavan's effort all the more praise-worthy.

It's kind of a good idea that Transit is open to individual companies, but OTOH means it's more likely that some areas will be incompletely covered (some companies will sign up, some won't.) I agree we need the DofT to lead here: make providing data feeds (and actually running the services you're licenced for) a compulsory requirement of getting and keeping a license.