Andrea Chang, reporting for the LA Times:

Apple has added public transit information for Los Angeles to its Apple Maps app.

The transit feature is now live, mapping bus and Metro routes for iPhone users as well as showing scheduled arrival times at different stops. The app also combines transportation options and shows what’s nearby, such as local restaurants and shopping.

More interestingly:

Besides L.A., transit information in Apple Maps is available in Baltimore, Berlin, Chicago, London, Mexico City, New York City, Philadelphia, the Bay Area, Toronto and Washington, D.C., as well as more than 300 cities in China.

A handful of worldwide cities and 300 cities in China. Is that right?

UPDATE: Got this from reader Alistair Freeman…

Apparently the reason there are so many Chinese cities included is that transit info there is presented by all cities in a standard way (plus Apple are sourcing the data from AutoNavi, a 3rd-party company) so it’s easier to get every city on-board compared to the rest of the world that has to be done on a city-by-city basis.

Makes sense.