diff --git a/mbta_finder.py b/mbta_finder.py
index 3ce9df8..03071f7 100755
--- a/mbta_finder.py
+++ b/mbta_finder.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import urllib   # urlencode function
 import urllib2  # urlopen function (better than urllib version)
 import json
+from pprint import pprint
 
 
 # Useful URLs (you need to add the appropriate parameters for your requests)
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@
 MBTA_BASE_URL = "http://realtime.mbta.com/developer/api/v2/stopsbylocation"
 MBTA_DEMO_API_KEY = "wX9NwuHnZU2ToO7GmGR9uw"
 
-
 # A little bit of scaffolding if you want to use it
 
 def get_json(url):
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ def get_json(url):
     Given a properly formatted URL for a JSON web API request, return
     a Python JSON object containing the response to that request.
     """
-    pass
-
+    f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+    response_text = f.read()
+    response_data = json.loads(response_text)
+    return response_data
 
 def get_lat_long(place_name):
     """
@@ -36,7 +38,11 @@ def get_lat_long(place_name):
     See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/
     for Google Maps Geocode API URL formatting requirements.
     """
-    pass
+    url='https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='+urllib.quote_plus(place_name,',')
+    response_data=get_json(url)
+    latitude=response_data["results"][0]["geometry"]['location']['lat']
+    longitude=response_data["results"][0]["geometry"]['location']['lng']
+    return latitude , longitude
 
 
 def get_nearest_station(latitude, longitude):
@@ -47,7 +53,9 @@ def get_nearest_station(latitude, longitude):
     See http://realtime.mbta.com/Portal/Home/Documents for URL
     formatting requirements for the 'stopsbylocation' API.
     """
-    pass
+    url='http://realtime.mbta.com/developer/api/v2/stopsbylocation?api_key=GcnnA_0FvUy3GiSjKqLIYw&lat={}&lon={}&format=json'.format(latitude,longitude)
+    response_data=get_json(url)
+    return response_data['stop'][0]['stop_name'],response_data['stop'][0]['distance']
 
 
 def find_stop_near(place_name):
@@ -55,5 +63,9 @@ def find_stop_near(place_name):
     Given a place name or address, print the nearest MBTA stop and the 
     distance from the given place to that stop.
     """
-    pass
+    latitude,longitude=get_lat_long(place_name)
+    return get_nearest_station(latitude,longitude)
+
 
+response=find_stop_near('Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA')
+print response