Comments on: MTA earns ‘Best of New York’ recognition for TripPlanner http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/03/18/mta-earns-best-of-new-york-recognition-for-tripplanner/ A New York City Subway Blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Animadversor http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/03/18/mta-earns-best-of-new-york-recognition-for-tripplanner/#comment-30586 Animadversor Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:27:38 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/03/18/mta-earns-best-of-new-york-recognition-for-tripplanner/#comment-30586 Here are a couple of other sites that are good for trip planning: <a href="http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork" rel="nofollow">HopStop</a>, which also calculates taxicab fares, and <a href="http://www.trips123.com/trip_planner/default.asp" rel="nofollow">Trips123</a>, which covers the metropolitan area. Here are a couple of other sites that are good for trip planning:

HopStop, which also calculates taxicab fares, and

Trips123, which covers the metropolitan area.

]]> By: Chris http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/03/18/mta-earns-best-of-new-york-recognition-for-tripplanner/#comment-30585 Chris Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:10:59 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/03/18/mta-earns-best-of-new-york-recognition-for-tripplanner/#comment-30585 MTA Trip Planner is better than it used to be, but still not as useful as it should be. They should publish data in a format compatible with Google Transit like NJTransit has done. Also, the trip planner has no integration with LIRR or Metro North. Quite limiting. Ideally it should integrate with NJ Transit and Amtrak, and that is why something like Google Transit that is independent is desirable. -Chris MTA Trip Planner is better than it used to be, but still not as useful as it should be. They should publish data in a format compatible with Google Transit like NJTransit has done. Also, the trip planner has no integration with LIRR or Metro North. Quite limiting. Ideally it should integrate with NJ Transit and Amtrak, and that is why something like Google Transit that is independent is desirable.

-Chris

]]> By: StationStops.com http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/03/18/mta-earns-best-of-new-york-recognition-for-tripplanner/#comment-30571 StationStops.com Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:15:51 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/03/18/mta-earns-best-of-new-york-recognition-for-tripplanner/#comment-30571 You hit it on the head. The MTA site has great content, but the design and navigation are like some site from 1996. They definitely haven't done a usability audit recently (or at least not taken action on it). They need to outsource this to some pros, it looks like their IT department is handling the design. You hit it on the head. The MTA site has great content, but the design and navigation are like some site from 1996.

They definitely haven’t done a usability audit recently (or at least not taken action on it). They need to outsource this to some pros, it looks like their IT department is handling the design.

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