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5 New Cities Added to Transit

Posted at 9:07am EST on 09/26/2006

Google Transit, the Google Maps & Public Transportation Mashup, has expanded outside of Portland, Oregon to 5 new destinations.

The new Google Transit destinations include Tampa, Florida, Honolulu, Hawaii, Eugene, Oregon, Pittsburgh, and Seattle.SE Journal

Google Maps is creating a more unified Google Transit system that provides a greater use of the map system for the public use.

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2 Responses to “5 New Cities Added to Transit”

  1. Brandon

    Sep 26th, 2006

    Does Google plan to charge for maps in the future. I added a Google map to a website for a client I was working on. When looking for a map to use I looked into using mapquest. They wanted $5,000 a year to use a mapquest map on a different url. I really don’t see where that price comes from.

  2. Jonathan Dingman

    Sep 26th, 2006

    I don’t think that Google will ever charge to use Google Maps, but I do think they will allow for an “advertising” free version that would allow businesses to run their own version of it and have everything specific to their needs. I think it will always be free to the public to use because they can make money on advertising through it.