Google brings NYC subway alerts to Maps, makes public transit a little more bearable

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Google has offered up New York City subway information via [Maps][3] for [some time now][4], but as anyone who's navigated the 100-plus-year-old transit system will happily tell / complain to you, such information is only so useful without info on the requisite service changes -- a lot of work goes into maintaining something that old. Google's upping its game by bringing services changes to Maps for Android and its web-based counterpart. Clicking on one of the 468 stations in Maps will bring up relevant maintenance information, as well as step-by-step instructions for navigating around it. Until Boingo [rolls out WiFi][5] to more stations, however, you might want to check your status before going underground.

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