Sounds like they're getting serious about transit, between Embark today, HopStop on 20 July[0], and Locationary on 19 July[1]. All too soon for iOS 7. Hopefully soon we won't have to hop back and forth between apple maps and random mediocre third party transit solutions --or just use google maps, which most probably do now.
Luckily, they can update Maps app without waiting for an OS release. Sure, it'd make a great preso, but I'd prefer they take their time and get it right.
Google maps also has better UX than Apple Maps unless you use Siri. I hope Apple tackles UX as well - perhaps converting Apple Maps to the new flat look and adding more swipe support.
>Luckily, they can update Maps app without waiting for an OS release.
Can they? It's not actually a separate app from the app store like Find My Phone or iBooks. So it would require at least an OS point release, and Apple doesn't seem too keen on doing those for features.
[0]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-19/apple-said-to-buy-h...
[1]http://allthingsd.com/20130719/apple-acquires-local-data-out...