Posted on November, 15 2013
Residents and visitors of Greater Des Moines can now plan their trips by public transit using Google Maps and Bing Maps.
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) has worked with both Google and Bing to add its schedule information to Google Maps, Google Earth and Bing Maps, respectively. As a result, users of Google Maps and Bing Maps will now be presented with options for taking their trips in Greater Des Moines by transit. Previously, only driving, walking or biking directions were available.
“We want everyone to see they have options for traveling in Greater Des Moines – you don’t have to be leashed to a car,” Marketing Director Kirstin Baer-Harding said. “So it’s critically important that DART’s information is available through popular and widely available tools such as Google Maps.”
The addition of DART’s schedule information on Google Maps and Bing Maps follows the Oct. 1 launch of the MyDART Trip Planner BETA on www.ridedart.com. Both tools utilize the same data, giving riders multiple ways to access DART schedule information.
For additional assistance planning transit trips in the region, please contact DART Customer Service by calling 515-283-8100 or emailing dart@ridedart.com.