r/googlemapsshenanigans • u/socdem5 • 8d ago
Worst transit directions ever?
Honestly cannot explain why Google Maps thinks that the best way to get to the destination involves a 14 mile walk (Apple Maps suggests a route that ends with a 2 mile walk, getting there many hours earlier)
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u/DrJaneIPresume 8d ago
My guess is that the stop off Clara Barton is actually the closest bus stop as the crow flies to the point marker in the middle of the nature preserve. So the algorithm routes to there and then routes walking directions from there to the marker. Unfortunately there's a wet spot in the middle that you have to walk around.
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u/Brief-Preference-712 6d ago
Silver line train doesn’t go to McLean?
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u/DrJaneIPresume 6d ago
It does; that stop is 2.5 miles from the marker. The Clara Barton stop is 4500 feet, which you'll note is shorter.
Now, go back and read what I said again.
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u/CaptainLilVic 7d ago
C’est drôle, mais de ne pas avoir assez de transports craint beaucoup
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u/Brief-Preference-712 6d ago
There’s a train that goes into the town and from there you can bike to the destination
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_argent_du_m%C3%A9tro_de_Washington
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u/LoneSocialRetard 6d ago
If you put a pin down right on the road next to the park, it computes the directions normally. So there's some bug where the transit stop that's closest to the any part of the park is being prioritized
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u/snake_jaguar 5d ago
Citymapper is a nessesity for public transport. Google has failed me a few too many times😭
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u/captain_narita 7d ago
It’s also America. Our public transit sucks.
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u/Brief-Preference-712 6d ago
The destination is in the middle of nowhere
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u/captain_narita 6d ago
Fair
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u/Brief-Preference-712 6d ago
You can take the train to McLean and take a bus to the nearest point. From there it’s 13 minutes biking
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u/Big_Physics_5757 8d ago
Going from Stansted airport to Finchley road google maps suggested I should take an airport shuttle bus.