BBC Travel Maps & Journey Planners

BBC Travel Maps & Journey Planners
*powered by Transport Direct

BBC has integrated the Transport Direct website into it's own BBC Travel (News) Portal

• Door-to-door journey planner
• Find a train
• Find a flight
• Find a car route
• Find a Coach or Bus
• Compare city-to-city journey
• Day trip planner
• Plan to a car park or park and ride
• Find a cycle route (New) *Limited Coverage

Cycle routes are now included - though limited to 50km in directions/route and is limited to cities around the UK.



Find Flights from UK Cities with the best fares.

Journey Planning highlights congested areas

The routes are displayed on Ordnance Survey raster tiles with data supplied by transport direct.
Additional interactive point of interest (parking, bus stations etc) are also applied to the map.

Useful links:

Main Portal
http://bbc.transportdirect.info

Live Travel News
http://bbc.transportdirect.info/web2/livetravel/travelnews.aspx

Find a Train
http://bbc.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindTrainInput.aspx

Find a Flight
http://bbc.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindFlightInput.aspx

Find a Car Route
http://bbc.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindCarInput.aspx

Find a Coach
http://bbc.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindCoachInput.aspx
or Bus
http://bbc.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindBusInput.aspx

Walking Directions 'Beta' Now in Google Maps

Walking Directions Beta Now in Google Maps

Update:
'Walking Directions' option will appear when directions that are 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) or less.

Update2 - Mibazaar via Google Maps Mania finds a long detour.A 2 mile walk is now '120 mi (193 km) – about 1 day 15 hours'
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=detroit,mi&daddr=Windsor,+Essex,+Ontario,+Canada&mra=cc&dirflg=w&doflg=ptm&sll=42.482226,-82.692719&sspn=0.474992,0.85144&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10
So Beta it is...



Traditional Driving Directions take you around Hyde Park, London
Map Directions (Car)
Longer Distance (3 miles but shorter time for the journey 12 mins)
**(excludes finding parking, pay for parking and sitting in traffic waiting for parking)


Switching to 'Walking' Beta Mode shows it's much shorter to Walk than Driving taking only 8 minutes longer than Driving .
Map Directions (Walking)
Shorter Distance (1 mile for the journey but 20 minutes in duration)
*** Use caution when walking in unfamiliar areas.

Official Blog Post
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/07/pound-pavement.html