I kind of assumed most people working on Google maps are car first people, and the transit stuff was a second class concern. This isn't based on any facts, just a gut feeling.
The most annoying things for me are how it's kind of hard when looking at the map to see what stops are where. Like, I have to fuck with the zoom to get it to show me DeKalb Ave is there, and then it doesn't even tell me which trains stop there.
And forget about getting any useful bus info. I know generally where the b41 goes. Why isn't it easy to see on the map?
These all seem like nitpicks. Maps transit is still the best way to figure out to go between points and it works in multiple countries with the same interface.
If I didn't have Google Maps Transit to navigate western Europe, Singapore and even Los Angeles I'd be completely screwed because I come from a country with next to no public transport and had no idea how it was meant to work
One of the routes I take tries to get me to make an illegal crossing through a busy street to get to a bus shelter on the other side.
A short walk down the sidewalk, there's lights with a crosswalk. And just on the other side there? A much safer to access bus shelter that the same bus stops at.
There's seemingly no way to report this stupid route, either.
Is it worse than the alternative? I'm no Google loyalist these days, but if you're like me you have no idea what the alternative transit guide even is!
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