So I’ve noticed that Google maps always adds walking time into public transport routes, but never accounts for parking and walking when driving.
I like it feel like this gives the impression that public transport is slower, when 9/10 driving with friends we waste a ton of time parking and walking.
If Google maps and Waze showed parking and walking estimates, it would level the playing field and possibly have a dramatic effect on public transport usage.
The same way they do driving estimates. They have your phone’s location, and they know where you are trying to go. They could have the trip “end” when your location is actually inside the place you are trying to get to, instead of ending the trip when you pass your destination at full driving speed when you dont see a parking spot out front.
They collect so much data, it would be trivial. If you are going from your house to a Starbucks, they could absolutely just have the “end” condition be when your phone notices the Starbucks wifi.
P.s., not that I think they should be collecting that data, but the reality is that they are