Amazon launches Alexa Transit
Amazon has launched a new feature that it says will help users explore a new city or find new ways to navigate their own city through Alexa Transit. The company says the new service fits with its vision “to help customers wherever they are” and its notes transit offers an efficient way to connect people and places.
“To make it even easier to use public transportation in cities, today we’re introducing Alexa Transit, a new feature that simplifies navigating public transit to or from home, work or other destinations,” the company wrote in a blog highlighting the new service.
Amazon explains users can ask for the status of a certain bus or train, navigate to places of interest or provide information on commute times. Users can also use the Alexa app to personalize destinations, such as their own home or work, and set public transit as the preferred commute type.
Alexa Transit is available in eight major U.S. cities including New York City, Newark and Jersey City, N.J., Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay area with more to be incorporated throughout the year.
Mischa Wanek-Libman | Group Editorial Director
Mischa Wanek-Libman is director of communications with Transdev North America. She has more than 20 years of experience working in the transportation industry covering construction projects, engineering challenges, transit and rail operations and best practices.
Wanek-Libman has held top editorial positions at freight rail and public transportation business-to-business publications including as editor-in-chief and editorial director of Mass Transit from 2018-2024. She has been recognized for editorial excellence through her individual work, as well as for collaborative content.
She is an active member of the American Public Transportation Association's Marketing and Communications Committee and served 14 years as a Board Observer on the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) Board of Directors.
She is a graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication.
