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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Robert Bannister  wrote:   
      
      
   >According to "journey planner", my nearest bus stop is 304 metres away,   
   >and that does not seem very far. In fact, there is one slightly closer,   
   >but Journey Planner does not consider that an appropriate bus even   
   >though it goes to the same place. A hundred feet doesn't seem very far.   
   >Some people must have front gardens larger than that.   
      
   My nearest bus stop is 280 metres away, according to Google Maps.  But   
   Google doesn't expect me to use them.  Just about any trip plan using   
   transit on Google Maps involves walking to my local train station 650   
   metres away.   
      
   And the walking portion of the route doesn't allow dragging waypoints   
   like google maps allows for driving routes.  So I can't force it to   
   avoid the cross-park path that doesn't get shoveled when it snows.   
      
   (OK, maps will allow me to drag waypoints for "walking" mode but not   
   for the walking part of a "transit" mode.  Add 150 metres to avoid the   
   park.)   
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