Comments on: 58 days, plus Videos of Link Testing http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/ Transit in the Greater Seattle Area Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:32:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mr Bradford (Brian) http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-47007 Mr Bradford (Brian) Mon, 25 May 2009 11:41:46 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-47007 Sounds like an interesting idea. So far as I know, the Breda still has its old stripes, they didn't repaint it into the Metro Mango scheme. Would somebody at Metro or otherwise like to explain why the Bredas had the grey strip at the bottom? Brian Bradford Olympia, WA Sounds like an interesting idea.

So far as I know, the Breda still has its old stripes, they didn’t repaint it into the Metro Mango scheme.

Would somebody at Metro or otherwise like to explain why the Bredas had the grey strip at the bottom?

Brian Bradford
Olympia, WA

]]> By: Tim http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46556 Tim Fri, 22 May 2009 07:57:18 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46556 Coffee carts, like TVMs, take up too much room on the platform. Mezzanine would be cool though. Coffee carts, like TVMs, take up too much room on the platform. Mezzanine would be cool though.

]]> By: L. Smith http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46535 L. Smith Fri, 22 May 2009 06:12:22 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46535 Regardless, I now feel the need to make this photo-op happen. Regardless, I now feel the need to make this photo-op happen.

]]> By: Oran http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46534 Oran Fri, 22 May 2009 06:08:17 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46534 Another thing I learned today was that Link is on the emergency power grid and has priority in receiving power like hospitals. Another thing I learned today was that Link is on the emergency power grid and has priority in receiving power like hospitals.

]]> By: Andrew Smith http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46531 Andrew Smith Fri, 22 May 2009 05:37:47 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46531 I used to get my breakfast there every day (bagel+cream cheese, coffee and banana) back in, oooh, 2002? I used to get my breakfast there every day (bagel+cream cheese, coffee and banana) back in, oooh, 2002?

]]> By: Chris Stefan http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46522 Chris Stefan Fri, 22 May 2009 04:40:58 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46522 It's not like Downtown Seattle loses power all that often (though it does happen) It’s not like Downtown Seattle loses power all that often (though it does happen)

]]> By: Jon Morgan http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46514 Jon Morgan Fri, 22 May 2009 03:54:50 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46514 The same MS billboard ad has been on my Broadway & Harrison corner for over 2 years. The same MS billboard ad has been on my Broadway & Harrison corner for over 2 years.

]]> By: Oran http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46511 Oran Fri, 22 May 2009 03:48:39 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46511 Check this out http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9752/picture1hxs.png Check this out http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9752/picture1hxs.png

]]> By: Oran http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46501 Oran Fri, 22 May 2009 03:00:42 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46501 Exactly Exactly

]]> By: Erik http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46485 Erik Fri, 22 May 2009 01:37:07 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46485 Not white-orange-gray..."Sunshine and Ocra" IIRC. ;-) Not white-orange-gray…”Sunshine and Ocra” IIRC. ;-)

]]> By: L. Smith http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46480 L. Smith Fri, 22 May 2009 01:11:14 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46480 Right. The Duo-Bus should be repainted in the old white-orange-gray livery too. Right. The Duo-Bus should be repainted in the old white-orange-gray livery too.

]]> By: ST Guy http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46469 ST Guy Thu, 21 May 2009 23:32:33 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46469 Expect we will have to wait for some economic recovery before we get many applications for coffee carts and such. Expect we will have to wait for some economic recovery before we get many applications for coffee carts and such.

]]> By: Erik http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46453 Erik Thu, 21 May 2009 21:42:13 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46453 I sure hope that using the three-lane space in one of the DSTT stations, a staged photo could be taken with the MEHVA Breda Duo-Bus, a KCM New Flyer DE60LF and a LINK LRT, before the LRT's get smashed up from daily service. I'd like to photoshop a Waterfront Streetcar W2 into the picture afterwards. I sure hope that using the three-lane space in one of the DSTT stations, a staged photo could be taken with the MEHVA Breda Duo-Bus, a KCM New Flyer DE60LF and a LINK LRT, before the LRT’s get smashed up from daily service.

I’d like to photoshop a Waterfront Streetcar W2 into the picture afterwards.

]]> By: Erik http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46451 Erik Thu, 21 May 2009 21:38:19 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46451 Surely the seattletransitblog.com Marketing Department is in negotiations with the appropriate authorities to get a multi-year exclusive contract in place for this station's ad space! No? Surely the seattletransitblog.com Marketing Department is in negotiations with the appropriate authorities to get a multi-year exclusive contract in place for this station’s ad space! No?

]]> By: jonathan http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46415 jonathan Thu, 21 May 2009 18:52:12 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46415 Nobody has purchased that ad space since, and it wouldn't make any sense to spend the labor costs of pulling them down until someone else buys the ads. Nobody has purchased that ad space since, and it wouldn’t make any sense to spend the labor costs of pulling them down until someone else buys the ads.

]]> By: Oran http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46411 Oran Thu, 21 May 2009 18:39:58 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46411 Funny question the press asked yesterday: What happens when the power in the tunnel goes out? ST's answer: the trains stop. So no backup power but ST's explanation of their contingency plan seems to imply that disabled trains are easier to remove from the tunnel than stuck buses. Funny question the press asked yesterday: What happens when the power in the tunnel goes out?
ST’s answer: the trains stop.

So no backup power but ST’s explanation of their contingency plan seems to imply that disabled trains are easier to remove from the tunnel than stuck buses.

]]> By: Zed http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46407 Zed Thu, 21 May 2009 17:47:32 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46407 There used to be a coffee cart at the Convention Place Station on the mezzanine. It never came back after the closure. I stopped there pretty often on my way to the bus. There used to be a coffee cart at the Convention Place Station on the mezzanine. It never came back after the closure. I stopped there pretty often on my way to the bus.

]]> By: ST Guy http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46395 ST Guy Thu, 21 May 2009 16:31:43 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46395 Re your "1958 was also the first year that the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, aka Metro, was on the ballot. At the time it would not have included Seattle, and suburban voters rejected mass transit, but approved waste water treatment." On the contrary, City of Seattle was indeed part of the original Metro; Metro was city and suburbs, and omitted rural King County (a larger area than it is today, of course) Re your “1958 was also the first year that the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, aka Metro, was on the ballot. At the time it would not have included Seattle, and suburban voters rejected mass transit, but approved waste water treatment.”

On the contrary, City of Seattle was indeed part of the original Metro; Metro was city and suburbs, and omitted rural King County (a larger area than it is today, of course)

]]> By: AJ http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46381 AJ Thu, 21 May 2009 15:36:41 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46381 I love the "Wait, what... wait... what? What?" reaction the people on the platform had. I love the “Wait, what… wait… what? What?” reaction the people on the platform had.

]]> By: Mickymse http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/05/20/58-days-plus-videos-of-link-testing/#comment-46378 Mickymse Thu, 21 May 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://seattletransitblog.com/?p=5323#comment-46378 Wouldn't that top photo look great with a newstand in it? How about a coffee cart? Wouldn’t that top photo look great with a newstand in it? How about a coffee cart?

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