Google Transit

This post originally appeared on Orphan Road.

If you care at all about how the Google Transit sausage is made, you should check out this post about the integration issues with the DC Metro.

I wasn’t aware that Google doesn’t usually pay anything for the data. They ought to… it’s a taxpayer-produced good, and the transit agencies could use the money. Do they pay for the MLS listings they integrate into their real estate search? I’d be surprised if they didn’t.