HopStop.com, Inc. is an online city transit

Public transport

Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

 guide launched in 2005. HopStop.com provides door-to-door subway

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 and bus directions and maps for New York City

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...

 and several other major metropolitan areas, including Boston, Chicago, London, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. In addition to its website, HopStop also has free iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows 7 apps, and also provides directions by text message.

In 2011, HopStop was named one of the top 100 fastest growing software companies in the United States and ranked 1,182 overall on the 2011 Inc 500 | 5000 list.

History

Chinedu Echeruo founded HopStop in 2005. Echeruo worked as an analyst at investment banks and hedge funds before starting HopStop. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...

 and a BS from Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

. Echeruo is now Chairman of the Board for HopStop.

Joe Meyer came on as President & CEO in 2009. Meyer was formerly Vice President & General Manager for AOL's Quigo

Quigo

Quigo Technologies, Inc. was a privately owned search engine marketing company headquartered in New York City. Founded in Israel in 2000 by Yaron Galai and Oded Itzhak, it developed proprietary search solutions for the online contextual advertising it offered through its two products: AdSonar and...

 Technologies.

Features

HopStop.com provides free customized public transit directions, as well as other related features and information relevant to public transit.

HopStop.com currently provides directions in 62 metropolitan areas in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, and Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

.

Users can get step-by-step public transit, walking, taxi, biking, and hourly car rental directions based on the travel options selected (departure time, transportation mode, more walking vs. more transfers, etc.). The
Maps tab allows users to find subway or bus stops near an address.

HopStop also calculates calories burned and per passenger carbon emissions savings for each transit route.

The City Guide helps users find attractions, bars, restaurants, hotels, shopping areas, and other businesses. The Community tab offers users the ability to plan a trip with multiple destinations, including City Guide listings and custom locations.

All the features available on the website can also be accessed through free iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows 7 apps, a mobile site, and by text message.