Apple Expanding Maps Transit Directions to Boston and Sydney

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated its iOS 9 features page to highlight two new cities where transit directions in the Maps app are now available: Sydney, Australia and Boston, Massachusetts. Sydney and Boston are the first two cities to gain transit information beyond the first wave launch cities.

Transit directions within Maps became available alongside the launch of iOS 9. The first areas that incorporated public transit information into Maps included Baltimore, Maryland; Berlin, Germany; Chicago, Illinois; London, England; Mexico City, Mexico, New York City, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Washington, DC; and Toronto, Canada. Transit directions are also available within hundreds of cities in China.

Apple is planning to expand the availability of transit directions to other cities going forward, with major metropolitan areas being a priority for the company. It appears transit information in Sydney and Boston may still be rolling out as it is not yet accessible to all users in Apple Maps.

Today's transit update follows recent news that Apple will soon shut down HopStop, the mapping company that it purchased in 2013. The HopStop service offered detailed subway, bus, train, taxi, walking and biking directions in more than 600 cities throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and has likely played a major part in the development of the long-awaited transit feature within Apple Maps.

Update: Apple has updated its iOS 9 feature availability page to note that transit directions for Boston and Sydney will be available in October of 2015, suggesting transit information in those two cities is not yet accessible.

Article Link: Apple Expanding Maps Transit Directions to Boston and Sydney

 

[happydude]

well, apple has almost caught up to google 2010...

 

[kgnunwei]

Come on Vancouver!!!

 

[ck2875]

Apple today updated its iOS 9 features page to highlight two new cities where transit directions in the Maps app are now available: Sydney, Australia and Boston, Massachusetts.

Meanwhile in Boston...

 

[cheesyappleuser]

... in more than 600 countries throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and has likely played a major part in the development of the long-awaited transit feature within Apple Maps.

Meant cities perhaps?

 

[rich1383]

Not there yet...?

Apple today updated its iOS 9 features page to highlight two new cities where transit directions in the Maps app are now available: Sydney, Australia and Boston, Massachusetts. Sydney and Boston are the first two cities to gain transit information beyond the first wave launch cities.

Transit directions within Maps became available alongside the launch of iOS 9. The first areas that incorporated public transit information into Maps included Baltimore, Maryland; Berlin, Germany; Chicago, Illinois; London, England; Mexico City, Mexico, New York City, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Washington, DC; and Toronto, Canada. Transit directions are also available within hundreds of cities in China.

Apple is planning to expand the availability of transit directions to other cities going forward, with major metropolitan areas being a priority for the company. It appears transit information in Sydney and Boston may still be rolling out as it is not yet accessible to all users in Apple Maps.

Today's transit update follows recent news that Apple will soon shut down HopStop, the mapping company that it purchased in 2013. The HopStop service offered detailed subway, bus, train, taxi, walking and biking directions in more than 600 countries throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and has likely played a major part in the development of the long-awaited transit feature within Apple Maps.

Article Link: Apple Expanding Maps Transit Directions to Boston and Sydney

 

[bushido]

what id like to know is why they removed "Near Me" internationally again cuz it worked perfectly for the day we had it

 

[jclo]

Meant cities perhaps?

Yes, I meant cities. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix it.

 

[peteo]

Meanwhile in Boston...

Stops are clickable now. Don't think they were before. Hopfully it will roll out in a day or 2

 

[lazyrighteye]

C'mon Denver...

 

[Nalmond92]

Glad they adding transit like flyover and doing via the back end. I had worried that they'd hold them out for iOS updates and call them features...

 

[Playgear]

Not available for me in Sydney either...

 

[Karma*Police]

Nice. Now that they have the infrastructure in place, hopefully they can roll transit out to more cities very quickly.

Transit in NY/NJ works really well and is very thorough... and the UI is much better than HopStop.

 

[JediZenMaster]

I will be happy when Portland has transit directions in maps

 

[TechGod]

That means Auckland NZ isn't too far behind. Awesome!

 

[Crzyrio]

Nice. Now that they have the infrastructure in place, hopefully they can roll transit out to more cities very quickly.

Transit in NY/NJ works really well and is very thorough... and the UI is much better than HopStop.

+1
Apple Maps UI on the iPhone feels so much nicer to use.

 

[AMCTheaters]

Stops are clickable now. Don't think they were before. Hopfully it will roll out in a day or 2

Stops have always been clickable, just like any other point of interest that you could click to access information and driving/walking directions.

 

[anthorumor]

It's nice that we have Apple maps supporting more features, but for now, I will stick with Google Maps.

 

[fitshaced]

No news from Sydney yet.

Will transit I do be available on OSX maps as well?

 

[Crzyrio]

No news from Sydney yet.

Will transit I do be available on OSX maps as well?

It already is in El Captain. Might not be on older operating systems?

 

[fermat-au]

No news from Sydney yet.

Give Sydney CBD has a new bus timetable starting this week, it seems like a weird time to launch in Sydney. Maybe Apple just realised and is going to wait a few weeks. Hope Apple is using the new timetable and bus stop locations, otherwise that are launching an already obsolete product.

 

[Jamesk811]

Still not working in Sydney...guess I'm sticking with google maps

 

[appledefenceforce]

well, apple has almost caught up to google 2010...

Google map did not offer this feature in almost all cities in 2010. So please stop exaggerating.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

I'm torn - I'm annoyed that they don't have my city (which is odd, since it was one of the first to make their public transit system's maps and tracking system open-data,) but at the same time, there is already a *WONDERFUL* third-party app for it.

 

[frankk]

Sydney: trip home from Uni.
Maps: 'Directions Not Available. A route could not be determined between these locations'.
Google Maps: Trip by Bus, Trip by Rail, Link to Uber App.

Maps is so far behind in so many ways.