Comments on: New “How to Use Metro” Video

By: ltarte

ltarte — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:14:03 +0000

This is awesome! A great resource for incoming students (and anyone who avoids the bus due to the general intimidation presented by the mystery of public transportation…like my mom). Only thing I noticed is that it didn’t mention you pay when you get on in the RFA after 7 pm….(I didn’t even know about the metrokc.gov vs. kingcounty.gov).

Shame about Beirut…boo copyright issues. Oh well. Kudos Maggie!

- Little Laury

By: Margitte

Margitte — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:49:09 +0000

Thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions! We are making changes to both the site and the video with the updated URLs.

Also, due to copyright issues with the song used at the end, we’ll be adding a new one at the credits. (It’s awesome.)

I’ll email Seattle Transit Blog with the new, updated YouTube link later today.

Thanks!

Margitte

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:50:45 +0000

I figured I wasn't the only one who noticed the metrokc.gov URL. As for Adam: I've been taking him everywhere on the bus to show him how. I've also let him ride around while I was at work so he can learn the area.* *disclaimer: he's already a walking dictionary of Hampton Roads Transit so he knows how to ride a bus

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:46:13 +0000

I think the GMaps interface is nicer, but Link isn’t integrated with Google Maps yet, which some may consider a major downside.

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Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:26:18 +0000

[...] The arrival of fresh new Huskies is still a ways off, but the UW is already teaching them how to Metro, via video. [seattletransitblog] [...]

By: Pete Lorimer

Pete Lorimer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:41:56 +0000

Oops, posted to the wrong thread.

By: Pete Lorimer

Pete Lorimer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:40:32 +0000

The survey mentioned aOneBusAway iPhone app currently in beta testing. Any idea of when it would be released? I have a saved link to the iPhone website on my phone home page, but an actual app would be awesome.

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:26:10 +0000

The majority of new UW students haven’t ever ridden the bus before.

By: Joe G

Joe G — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:34:22 +0000

I love onebusaway. I learned about it here first and have been using it and promoting it ever since. It’s Fabulous!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:01:04 +0000

OK. I didn’t watch the whole thing.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:32:15 +0000

I think the public transit mode of Google Maps is a bit friendlier than the Trip Planner.

By: RobertSeattle

RobertSeattle — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:00:27 +0000

Here’s the link – No video as far as I can tell.

http://www.king5.com/news/specials/savemoney/stories/NW_081909SAV-light-rail-tickets-SW.f6902f42.html

By: TomK

TomK — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:56:25 +0000

They give the trip planner URL as “tripplanner.metrokc.gov”. While this will still work, the county now prefers you use “kingcounty.gov” instead, and I believe all pages on the old “metrokc.gov” domain will be going away eventually.

By: Martin H. Duke

Martin H. Duke — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:53:28 +0000

They’re pretty explicit about what to do if you don’t have a U-Pass.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:31:04 +0000

Ugh, they need a tripod. Also, this video is geared towards UW students for which riding the bus can't get much easier: show card, pick a seat. Metro took down their old "How to ride Metro" video (though you can still find it if you go through the Wayback machine). That video was great because I could show my dad how to use his FlexPass.

By: RobertSeattle

RobertSeattle — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:26:47 +0000

King/Kong News has a nice simple segment last night on how to ride the Link train as well. Not sure if it is available on line.

I remember the first time I tried to use my ORCA card I put the card up to the screen instead of the reader area – thus looking like an idiot… :-)