Uber’s New Update Offers Easy Access to Public Transit Data

The end result of a partnership with Canadian company Transit is already supported in dozens of cities.

May 17, 2017 2:46 pm
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Uber has been ordered to pay $1.7M in fines after a 2016 data breach and cover-up. (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Uber’s new update just made it a lot easier to make that public transportation connection.

Per Mashable, Uber has partnered with Transit, a Canadian navigation and transportation company. If Uber’s app is used on an Android device in a supported city, train times will pop up in the app when within a block of a train station. Users can also tap on the public transit information and enter the Transit app for more real-time data.

The update is already supported in nearly 50 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

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