The Musical Animated Train Map / / No Comments Tokyo’s train stations are famous for their departure melodies – short musical jingles that play when a train leaves a station. Each station on the city’s extensive rail network has its own distinctive tune, creating a unique soundscape that signals the start of a journey. These melodies are designed to soothe passengers, catch attention, and add a touch of local character to the daily commute. Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Animated, Musical, train
See Europe by Train, Hour by Hour / / No Comments Chronotrains, pioneers of European train data visualization, are back with another superb tool. Their latest interactive map again reveals how far you can travel in Europe by train within set time periods – using an impressive animated isochrone layer.The original Old Chronotrains map features an amazing interactive isochrone layer that automatically moves around Europe to show you how Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Europe, hour, train
The Live Amtrak Train Map / / No Comments Trains.fyi is a live interactive map which shows the real-time locations of passenger trains in the U.S. and Canada. The map uses colored markers to show the near real-time positions of trains from a number of different train companies in North America. The arrow on the markers show a train’s direction of travel and the colors indicate the transit operators of individual trains. If you click on Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Amtrak, live, train
NJ Transit’s app finally has real-time bus and train maps. I took it for a test drive. – NJ.com / / No Comments NJ Transit’s app finally has real-time bus and train maps. I took it for a test drive. NJ.com “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Drive, Finally, maps, NJ.com, realtime, test, took, train, Transit’s
Google’s updated Maps app lets you bike, train, ride-share there – Fox Business / / No Comments Google’s updated Maps app lets you bike, train, ride-share there Fox Business Google Maps will now let users combine transit directions with biking and ride-sharing The Verge Google Maps finally lets you plan ‘mixed modes’ travel Mashable Google Maps announces new “Mixed Modes” tool for multi-part commutes USA TODAY Google Maps Introduces Its “Mixed Modes” Function for Multipart Journeys HYPEBEAST View full coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: bike, Business, Google's, Lets, maps, rideshare, there, train, updated