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Thanks for recommending it. It does look quite usable, other than lacking transit directions, and I plan to give it a try.

You're in luck: Apple Maps does offer transit directions. You can also toggle on viewing transit lines in the map mode menu.

Not the DuckDuckGo version, from what I can see.

Ah, you're right. I use the app versions on MacOS and iOS, which I what I was thinking about.