{"id":68,"date":"2005-04-01T08:54:55","date_gmt":"2005-04-01T15:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hotpepper.ca\/archives\/2005\/04\/google-offers-ride-finder\/"},"modified":"2005-04-01T08:54:55","modified_gmt":"2005-04-01T15:54:55","slug":"google-offers-ride-finder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2005\/04\/01\/google-offers-ride-finder\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Offers Ride Finder"},"content":{"rendered":"

It just keeps getting better. First Yahoo! Maps offers cross streets and inline establishment indicators. Now Google offers Ride Finder<\/a>. Just select one of the major US cities listed and you can see all the locations for shuttles and taxis in the area. A commuter’s dream come true.<\/p>\n

Somehow, I don’t think this will catch on in Lethbridge any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It just keeps getting better. First Yahoo! Maps offers cross streets and inline establishment indicators. Now Google offers Ride Finder. Just select one of the major US cities listed and you can see all the locations for shuttles and taxis in the area. A commuter’s dream come true. Somehow, I don’t think this will catch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-16","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2005\/07\/08\/google-currency\/","url_meta":{"origin":68,"position":0},"title":"Google Currency","author":"Kim Siever","date":"8 July 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Google now offers currency conversion among its calculator features. 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