[LNewman]

Locally, an article informed bus riders that they could do away with their foldout bus maps and plan their trip online. The service included bus departure times, bus stops, transfer locations and estimated trip times. This is courtesy of the partnership between OCTA (Orange County Transportation Authority) and Google.

I tested it by putting in my daily bus trip to and from work. The results had me going "as the crow flies" through neighbor's backyards, private complexes, business properties and dead ends. Right now, I walk one block south to catch a bus north 3 miles. The Google version had me hiking over a mile just because it insisted I head north to catch a bus.