SANATOGA PA – Two improvements and reader enhancements were installed Wednesday (Jan. 19, 2010) on the Transportation archive page of The Sanatoga Post, according to Managing Editor Joe Zlomek.

• Best gasoline price-finder from GasBuddy. The popular consumer website GasBuddy.com has for several years offered a small software application, known as a widget, to its partners that allows their website users to find gas stations – displayed on a local map – which offer the least expensive regular, mid-grade, premium and diesel fuel prices. The Post has been a GasBuddy partner for more than a year, but was unable to make use of its widget until now.
  • It appears in the right side column of our Transportation archive page, under the heading “Local Gasoline Prices.” To reach it, click here, or on the “Transportation” text link that appears just below our masthead at the top of any page.
  • Anyone who buys gas can also use GasBuddy.com to report prices they see at any pump and any station, and so help fellow travelers know where fuel bargains are. As prices go up, that help is increasingly important. Visit GasBuddy.com to become a member; it’s free! The Post has already enlisted volunteers to update prices at Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township stations on a regular basis to keep its readers better informed.

• SEPTA’s Trip Planner. Also on the Transportation archive page, just below the GasBuddy widget, is a public transit trip planning widget offered by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. If you don’t own a car to buy gas for, or if you prefer public over private vehicles, The Post isn’t about to leave you stranded!
  • The SEPTA widget allows users to enter their starting and destination locations, as well as the day and time they want to travel. Once that’s done, just click the button that says “Plan My Trip.”
  • A new window will open with SEPTA’s suggestions of the rail and bus routes you’ll need to get where you want to go, as well as the number of minutes you may spend walking to the proper pick-up points.

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