Metro and Google have made their peace. After more than two years of back and forth, the transit agency and Internet giant are partnering to offer Metro train and bus information on Google Transit.
That means that people looking to get from point A to point B can now get Metro options, besides walking or driving directions at the site.
Previously, other transit agencies had information on Google but the most commonly used local transit service was absent.
In 2008, a Metro spokeswoman told The Washington Examiner that Metro wanted to be paid for the data. “We also have to get something out of this deal,” she said. “It can’t just be a private company getting something off the back of a public agency.”
Metro and Google officials are slated to make the announcement Thursday afternoon but the data was already on Google as of Wednesday.
Metro spokeswoman Angela Gates declined to comment on whether any money changed hands between the groups.
