Public Transit Routes on Google Maps not showing JTA?

[TheProfessor]

Why is it that Google Maps still does not show JTA tansit routes while Gainesville buslines are already being utilized by Google Maps?

The below link shows the cities participating:

http://maps.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/#mdy

A while back JTA stated that they had uploaded their transit maps to Google.  I don't see how this could be true if Gainesville is already on there.  I think it is important for JTA to be on Google Maps in order to become more user friendly while planning trips.

[CS Foltz]

TheProfessor............JTA has their own agenda and I am sorry but it does not include the people who just happen to pay for it all!

[jandar]

Maybe JTA keeps sending changes every week?

Who knows....

[Ocklawaha]

http://www.nextbus.com/predictor/publicMap.shtml?a=ok-city&r=blue

http://www.nextbus.com/predictor/publicMap.shtml?a=sf-muni&r=F

Check out this product, called NEXT BUS (or Streetcar), uses Google Maps, NBTech, Live Maps+Schedules.
Read it and weep, Jax is not on it at all, in fact only two Florida Cities, and the rest of the Southeast is pretty much a no-show. OKC is a JTA clone, so lay it alongside MUNI.

OCKLAWAHA

[CS Foltz]

Ock...............JTA is.........to be honest I am not sure just what the hell they are.......they have their own agenda and that doesn't apply to the rest of us! I mean look at the shelter fiasco.......they can't tell me they need advertising to erect a basic shelter, I mean that is a crock of excrement! Those buggers got funds to pay the executives and management so WTF! To me it is a matter of prioritizing and they don't seem to be able to do it other than making sure they pay themselves. JTA's Budget passed without review or inquiry when it ran before the City Council......just got rubber stamped and away it went!

[Lunican]

Does anyone know if JTA has any plans to add their transit system to Google Maps? This is a pretty glaring omission on their part. It's been two years since they were made aware of this and it doesn't look like anything has been done.

This is probably the biggest single thing they could do in an attempt to demystify their routes to most people in Jax. It's also free.

[TheProfessor]

I emailed JTA about this and according to JTA, they have already uploaded their transit files to Google and are waiting on Google.  This was a year ago, so who knows what the real story is.

[stjr]

Professor, it takes followup and due diligence.  Those concepts are alien to JTA.

Also, the marketing department is a disaster at JTA from what I can tell.  I could do better with just plain common sense.  They are more focused on trying to make management look good than on attracting riders to their transit systems.  Just compare their efforts and resources dedicated to communicating their "accomplishments" with those made to promote use of mass transit.  Night and day.

[Lunican]

Somehow I doubt it would take Google more than a year to add the routes.

[TheProfessor]

Using Google is very user friendly for transit.  They have it in Gainesville now, but I'm not sure if Tampa has it.

[fsujax]

Maybe someone should call JTA marketing and ask them what is going on?

[Lunican]

Still no sign of JTA on Google Transit, which now includes over 448 cities. Donnelly, Idaho (pop. 148) has two bus stops showing on the map. Jacksonville has zero...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Donnelly,+ID&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Donnelly,+Valley,+Idaho&gl=us&ll=44.731293,-116.076876&spn=0.00487,0.012767&z=17

[mySpringfield]

It's got to be hard to upload them when they don't know how to count them...

[peestandingup]

It's got to be hard to upload them when they don't know how to count them...

Or know where the hell the buses are in the first place. They must think its fun to wait on a bench (with no shelter), wondering whether or not you've missed the bus because there's no way to see where it is. Good times I tell ya!

[Mathew1056]

I recently tried contacting JTA on this issue. I have yet to receive any response. I found this post today and was surprised to see that JTA has been questioned on this issue since 2009, which is when the original post appeared on this board. It is now 2012. JTA is dropping the ball. Google Maps is unquestionable the most used and most reliable mapping service on the web.  In my quest for answers I have attempted to locate gps data on specific bus stops. No such data is available in any meaningful way. Opensource is not in JTA's vocabulary and the public is the one losing out. In order to plan your bus trip you must visit JTA's own clunky website. I feel this is a more important issue than people realize and imagine wise it looks very bad for a city of Jacksonville's size. Lets not continue to feed into the stereotype that this city is 10 years behind it's contemporaries. I plan on continuing to push the issue and get something done about it.