Keep your eye out this weekend for some tweaks to WMATA’s Trip Planner tool, which are set to launch on Saturday. Among the changes, according to Metro:

  • The Trip Planner will now recognize abbreviated street directional indicators, such as S, or S. for South.
  • Under the “Advanced” link, the Trip Planner will now allow address searches to be restricted to one of Metro’s compact jurisdictions, instead of searching the entire Metro service area.
  • Search data will no longer disappear if you get the dreaded “Destination/Origin Not Found” message, so when you go back to try it again, you won’t have to retype your entire entry.
  • The available time increment for viewing trips 15 minutes before and after a requested time will be expanded to include increments of five, 10, 20 and 25 minutes.
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