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May 2011

Lost in Mumbai? Google Transit to the rescue

By Raman Jokhakar, Tarunkumar Singhal Chartered Accountants
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Search giants Google have launched a nifty tool to help commuters and tourists navigate across Mumbai. The service uses Google maps to help travellers choose from public transportation options available from any location to any other place in the buslting metropolis.

Users need to visit www.google.com/transit and key in the start and endpoints of their proposed journey. Google then uses algorithms to churn out the best possible routes. The application, which is available in desktop and mobile versions, utilises a database of BEST bus routes as well as the railway routes and schedules on the Western, Central and Harbour lines.

However, this is not the first application that encourages people to use public transport. The BEST runs its own application on www.bestundertaking.com.

(Source: The Times of India, dated 8-4-2011)

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