Comments on: Lies My Weatherman Told Me http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/ Transit in the Greater Seattle Area Thu, 24 May 2012 17:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/#comment-24030 Craig Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:12:16 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1870#comment-24030 If I'm not mistaken, GPS is coming with the new radio upgrades, but with the budget problems I don't know if all of that is really still on schedule or not. In the meantime, BusView, MyBus, OBA, they're all great tools but they would be even more useful if we actually knew WHERE the bus is if it isn't on route.
If I’m not mistaken, GPS is coming with the new radio upgrades, but with the budget problems I don’t know if all of that is really still on schedule or not. In the meantime, BusView, MyBus, OBA, they’re all great tools but they would be even more useful if we actually knew WHERE the bus is if it isn’t on route.

]]> By: Sam http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/#comment-24020 Sam Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:52:20 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1870#comment-24020 I think Busview is very useful in a situation like last night. It tells you if your bus is even out there and moving.
I think Busview is very useful in a situation like last night. It tells you if your bus is even out there and moving.

]]> By: Mike Skehan http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/#comment-23987 Mike Skehan Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:11:03 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1870#comment-23987 FOLLOW ON: If Orcas is the only accepted transfer, will Sounder eliminate the TVM upgrade options for Puget Pass, paper transfer holders, to be consistent with Link and adopted Orcas fare integration policies?
FOLLOW ON: If Orcas is the only accepted transfer, will Sounder eliminate the TVM upgrade options for Puget Pass, paper transfer holders, to be consistent with Link and adopted Orcas fare integration policies?

]]> By: Mike Skehan http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/#comment-23975 Mike Skehan Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:07:41 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1870#comment-23975 OPEN QUESTION on Link and Metro fares: (slow news day) When Link starts up, presumably with a functional ORCAS(tap n go payment)system in place, will Metro still have all the existing fare payment methods in place? It's my understanding the only valid transfers between buses and Link will be with the Orcas cards (OK!). If Metro keeps a lot of the paper transfers, passes(until phased out to Orcas cards), and all the promotional stuff, and only Orcas is accepted as a valid tranfer, then a lot of folks are going to be confused. Am I all wrong on this one?
OPEN QUESTION on Link and Metro fares: (slow news day)
When Link starts up, presumably with a functional ORCAS(tap n go payment)system in place, will Metro still have all the existing fare payment methods in place? It’s my understanding the only valid transfers between buses and Link will be with the Orcas cards (OK!). If Metro keeps a lot of the paper transfers, passes(until phased out to Orcas cards), and all the promotional stuff, and only Orcas is accepted as a valid tranfer, then a lot of folks are going to be confused.
Am I all wrong on this one?

]]> By: Amy http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/#comment-23971 Amy Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:27:26 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1870#comment-23971 The buses don't have GPS, so why would busview work? It's the same data as mybus and onebusaway - just a visualization of that data (based on odometer readings).
The buses don’t have GPS, so why would busview work? It’s the same data as mybus and onebusaway – just a visualization of that data (based on odometer readings).

]]> By: Brian Ferris http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/#comment-23969 Brian Ferris Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:07:50 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1870#comment-23969 Just to be clear, I don't think www.busview.org is accurate when your bus is on reroute. BusView is just a front end to MyBus AVL data. Like MyBus, it knows the published route of a given bus and it knows the current odometer reading of the bus, so it just displays the point along the route specified by that odometer reading. Just like MyBus, the routes aren't updated to reflect reroutes, so it's information will be no more accurate that mybus.org or onebusaway.org. There is no magic bullet until we get real GPS on buses. All onebusaway.org is doing at the moment is displaying a note if your bus is on reroute according to http://transit.metrokc.gov/up/rr/adverseweather.html. The actual reroute information is not yet handled by OBA.
Just to be clear, I don’t think http://www.busview.org is accurate when your bus is on reroute. BusView is just a front end to MyBus AVL data. Like MyBus, it knows the published route of a given bus and it knows the current odometer reading of the bus, so it just displays the point along the route specified by that odometer reading. Just like MyBus, the routes aren’t updated to reflect reroutes, so it’s information will be no more accurate that mybus.org or onebusaway.org. There is no magic bullet until we get real GPS on buses.

All onebusaway.org is doing at the moment is displaying a note if your bus is on reroute according to http://transit.metrokc.gov/up/rr/adverseweather.html. The actual reroute information is not yet handled by OBA.

]]> By: Cliff mass rules http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/01/05/lies-my-weatherman-told-me/#comment-23962 Cliff mass rules Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:20:52 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=1870#comment-23962 I personally rely on Cliff Mass's blog
I personally rely on Cliff Mass’s blog

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