Amazon Location Service announces public transit and intermodal routing

Amazon Location Service Updates

Amazon Location Service has introduced support for public transit and intermodal routing in the Routes API. Developers can now use the CalculateRoutes operation with new travel modes, Transit and Intermodal, to plan journeys that combine public transportation with walking, driving, taxi, and rental segments.

Public transit routing allows applications to calculate point-to-point routes using various transit types, including walking directions to and from stops, departure and arrival times, and transit line details. Intermodal routing extends this by combining multiple transport types in a single route, supporting patterns such as park-and-ride, taxi-and-ride, and last-mile completion using a taxi or rental.

These capabilities are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Spain), and South America (São Paulo).

What to do

• Visit the Amazon Location Service Routes Developer Guide
• Read the Transit Routing documentation
• Read the Intermodal Routing documentation
• Refer to the CalculateRoutes API Reference

Source: AWS release notes

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