Hopstop.com - Your City Transit Guide

Are you going to New York City or Boston for the first time and don’t want to get lost? Or you live there but want to go to the Hamptons for the weekend and don’t know what Long Island train you need to take? HopStop.com provides you with everything about public transportation, not only in the NY area, but also in other cities such as San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Washington DC. It gives you detailed information on which subway you must take and where to transfer to another one. It also provides you with information on how much you have to walk to get to the next station or to your final destination. Basically, it’s like YahooMaps, only it gives you information on how to get to the same spot using public transportation. HopStop also offers you possible travel itineraries, kid friendly attractions around town and if you don’t have time to check the web on your computer every time you go out, you can download HopStop to you cell phone or PDA.

“We provide door-to-door subway and bus directions and maps for New York City. You can also search for places to eat, drink, sleep and see in the City Guide.”

HopStop is a well designed site that offers you detailed directions to help you make your way through some of the biggest US cities. It also offers you the possibility to download train, bus or city maps into your cell phone or PDA.

Will it cover more cities? How will it fare against its strong competition?