Places and Things

Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the future of transportation Pete Buttigieg was not an obvious choice for secretary of transportation. As mayor of South Bend, Indiana, he oversaw a public transportation system with an annual ridership of about 2.5 million. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/22412233/pete-buttigieg-transportation-secretary-interview

Google Maps will now let you pay for public transportation and parking through its app Google Maps is adding a couple of new useful features: the ability to pay for parking or buy a train ticket right from the app. Google Maps is integrating two mobile parking payment services into its app, Passport and ParkMobile. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22287043/google-maps-pay-parking-public-transportation-cities