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App that has GPS and shows public transit stops

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Ronhero

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I am upgrading my win 6.5 phone to an android phone, I am also moving from the East coast to the West coast of the US. I plan to buy a bike and use a GPS program to get around on my new phone, but I was wondering if there was an app or even a few apps that would show me transit time / transit locations & mark them on a GPS map and possibly give rout via bike / transit to a destination I search for? Thanks for your help in advance :)
 
Ronhero said:
I am upgrading my win 6.5 phone to an android phone, I am also moving from the East coast to the West coast of the US. I plan to buy a bike and use a GPS program to get around on my new phone,
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Is your phone that big...?

but I was wondering if there was an app or even a few apps that would show me transit time / transit locations & mark them on a GPS map and possibly give rout via bike / transit to a destination I search for? Thanks for your help in advance :)
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That is probably a state or even a regional thing. I would check the websites of the local transit authority or bus company.
 
jerofld said:
Google Maps and Google Navigate do this. They're pre-installed and completely free.
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Cool, nice to know that the features I want are already in the phone. All I need is a transit schedule which I already found on the phone and I am all set to get lost in a new state
 
Note that there was a new version of Google Maps (5.10.1) released today; one of the fixes supposedly improves the location accuracy for Transit navigation.
 
Google Maps is your friend. But when visiting some cities, I have used specialized apps for that city. For Washington DC I had one with a copy of the conceptual map of the Metro that was much easier to use for planning my trip than picking out transit lines and stations from the clutter on Google Maps. It also had schedules I think.

Search the Market for Boston bus or Atlanta MARTA or whatever.
 
Yeah, city-specific apps are the king in this area of the market. I've also noticed that Google Maps is very finicky about choosing which businesses to display when browsing through towns.

I was in Annapolis, MD a couple of months ago and I was trying to find the name of this restaurant. I knew the general location on the street, but not the name. Google Maps only displayed a couple of building names around it.
 
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