Via Chicago Tribune

The CTA announced the launch of its new Google Maps Trip Planner to plan your rides on CTA buses and trains.  CTA customers can plan a trip from the new website at http://maps.google.com/chicago or directly from the CTA's website. 

"The new technology partnership between the transit authority and the Internet search-engine giant incorporates a trip-planning function with photographs of locations provided by Google's mapping service."

"For instance, by showing a photo of the Red Line stop at Addison Street near Wrigley Field, transit riders who aren't familiar with the area will see from the photo that after exiting the CTA Addison station they should turn right and walk west to Wrigley."

"The new service is expected to be especially popular among tourists and techno-geeks. Information is provided in 11 different languages."