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title: 'Google smiles on Portland again: Get real-time TriMet data on Google Maps'
date: '2011-06-08T11:23:13-07:00'
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categories:
  - '#featured'
  - Google
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - TriMet
tags:
  - Google
  - 'google maps'
  - Mapping
  - 'open data'
  - Portland
  - 'real time'
  - TriMet
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# Google smiles on Portland again: Get real-time TriMet data on Google Maps

Google likes it some Portland. Apparently we have a test market that they like. And as such, they tend to test drive products here before they try them anywhere else.

Well, and this time, it doesn’t hurt that we’re home to [one of the leading resources for open transit data](http://siliconflorist.com/2010/10/06/trimet-extolling-virtues-open-data-portland-oregon-transit-system/ "TriMet: Extolling the virtues of open data in the Portland, Oregon, transit system"). That’s why [Google and TriMet have teamed up to provide real-time updates on transit via Google Maps](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/know-when-your-bus-is-late-with-live.html "Live transit updates via Google Maps").

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> Starting now, Google Maps for mobile and desktop can tell you when your ride is actually going to arrive with new live transit updates. We partnered with transit agencies to integrate live transit data in four U.S. cities and two European cities: Boston, Portland, Ore., San Diego, San Francisco, Madrid and Turin.

For more information, see the [Google blog post](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/know-when-your-bus-is-late-with-live.html "Know when your bus is late") or [try it yourself on Google Maps](http://goo.gl/maps/Nu2U "Streetcar info").

And yes, I’m wondering why they don’t just open up a big office here, too.