Over the weekend I made a fair bit of use of the traveline website for planning journeys in the Greater Manchester and Sheffield areas.
Something which was relatively new to me was OSM maps appearing under the local map button. These show pedestrian routes between various public transport modes, and can be saved as PDFs <https://www.dropbox.com/s/e0t9hvn9gkqajj3/uk_5416EC7B8.pdf?dl=0>(although I don't find the PDF's as readable as the on-line versions which use 'traditional' Mapnik style with a very clear overlay of bus stops and routing info). As one of my destinations was best reached by a number of different buses with very different routes, the provision of walking routes through parks & a nature reserve. In fact I wished I'd used this facility more as it would have meant I'd have caught an earlier bus in Sheffield: and I could have stored some of the PDF plans on the phone to double check exactly where the bus stops where situated. (I may have also been properly alerted that the tram network in Manchester was shut down on Saturday). All-in-all its a very useful improvement to the Traveline site, and I felt a great deal of satisfaction that it was OSM data delivered through a 3rd party site. Although I've been aware of traveline's activity with OSM, I'd no idea that I'd find it so useful. Many thanks, Jerry
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