Ever wonder how to get from point A to point B via public transportation? Or to put it in a real estate purchase context, ever wonder what the best route is from that perfect condo to your workplace, or perhaps the airport via public transportation?
Enter Hop Stop. Enter a start address and end address or destination (ex. O’hare Airport) and get directions via public transportation. The neat part about the site is, it fills in gaps between public transportation methods by incorporating walking or cab segments. For example, if you need to walk to the EL from your start location, it provides walking directions for this section of the trip. I tested on a couple of my active listings. For example, I tested it from our new Kimball Station development at 4720 N. Kimball to O’hare by El only. Not the most direct route but it worked.Give it a try.
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well in getting a realty as buyers you should make sure if is it easy to reach transportation, or eve the neighborhood
HopStop is good, and they even have an on-the-go service for mobile devices with browsers: http://www.hopstop.com/pda. They also have a texting service, which was clumsy when I tried to use it, and an iPhone app, which I can’t try without an iPhone.
Still, for BBerry users, in my opinion, nothing beats downloading Google Maps: http://www.google.com/gmm
Andy
I like hopstop mobile when I’m on the go:
http://www.hopstop.com/pda
Better, google maps on my Bberry:
http://www.google.com/gmm