Comments on: Saturday Open Thread: Highway Map

By: Duncan Clark

Duncan Clark — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:40:21 +0000

I might also guess, that since I noticed some eastside 1200 series bus-vans don’t have ORCA readers, they may have students unable to use ORCA yet.

By: Duncan Clark

Duncan Clark — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:38:07 +0000

This sounds like a job for Metro’s marketing dept… With perhaps a marketing effort, combined with a few possible small shuttles to patch the gaps, you could advertise a weekend network of shopping busses… I’m thinking perhaps a mini-bus Bellevue TC to Bellevue Square, there is a walkway I know, but we are talking about Eastside people there… Bellevue Sq, to Redmond Town Center… and if more agencies were involved perhaps a well marked connection to Alderwood from Lynnwood TC. And, of course include the 41, 550, 150, and 511. Perhaps a shuttle from Northgate TC direct to the 145th freeway stop, to connect to the 511.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:44:05 +0000

Mine was defective, swapped it out for free today. Funny that it was fine right until I added value to it.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:38:34 +0000

Meant to add the link: http://www.ctabustracker.com/bustime/home.jsp

Pretty slick

By: Cameron B

Cameron B — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:23:54 +0000

Gah, I wish Portland, OR had that!

The new Green/Yellow Line part of the transit mall downtown has sexy new flat screens with arrival information, but it just spews out the scheduled timetable… even when the light rail isn’t running. They can’t push real-time information to it at all.

As a result, a few weeks ago, everyone stood at the downtown stops waiting for trains that were never going to come, and the screen would just flip over to the next “due” train… and the next… and the next.

Eventually, I walked over to the TriMet office in Pioneer Courthouse Square and asked them if the trains were running (this was after a good 3/4 of an hour). They sheepishly told me that they weren’t and I politely suggested that it would be nice if they told the 100 or so people who were patiently waiting at the stop, because they had no idea. Then I went and caught a bus home instead; they were running fine!

By: ericn

ericn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:54:30 +0000

The 41 can easily be a shopping express given that it doesn’t make any stops between the bus tunnel and Northgate. Plus, it already stops on all sides of the mall!

By: Oran Viriyincy

Oran Viriyincy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:29:15 +0000

I miss the Bon. Oh, Frederick & Nelson, too. Screw you, Macys.

By: Daniel Warwick

Daniel Warwick — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:03:21 +0000

That makes sense. BSD does contract Metro for the 888, 889, and 890

By: Frank C. Purdy

Frank C. Purdy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:00:35 +0000

Yakima School District students eschew the yellow buses for Yakima Transit. This is from Unleashed, the Yakima Herald-Republic’s youth section, written by teenagers.

http://unleashed.yakimablogs.com/2009/11/29/taking-the-bus-route/

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:00:03 +0000

Chicago Transit Authority now has system-wide real-time bus tracking, in the form of both estimated arrival time at a particular stop or current location of all buses on a given route.

By: Eastsider

Eastsider — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:36:01 +0000

He was asking for a dedicated shopping bus. Downtown is better than the malls, I agree.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:15:02 +0000

What’s wrong with shopping downtown and in the neighborhoods? Or at Northgate – let’s keep the sales tax $ IN Seattle, please!

By: alexjonlin

alexjonlin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:10:25 +0000

I’m thinking the colored lines are 220mph HSR and the gray 150mph HSR.

By: Erik G.

Erik G. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:57:37 +0000

“…it was the ~~Macy’s~~ Bon Marche Holiday Parade…”

There, fixed it. Macy’s is a store in New York and has no need for presence in the Pacific Northwest.

By: Kaleci

Kaleci — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:31:36 +0000

Isn’t it King County that is rotating the rollouts? Aren’t they the ones that coordinate the employer accounts?

By: Eastsider

Eastsider — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:02:02 +0000

What is wrong with MT 150 to Southcenter or MT 101 to Walmart in Renton? Northgate, Aurora Village, and Bellevue Square are all easily accessible on regular Metro or Sound Transit Service, and stores along Aurora Ave are accessible on MT 358. No special service is needed.

By: Adam B. Parast

Adam B. Parast — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:11:13 +0000

This video shows why Westlake’s dwell time will determine the minimum headway of through the DSTT.

By: litlnemo

litlnemo — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:22:30 +0000

When I catch the train at Westlake it usually doesn’t ring more than a couple of times. I think this time they were trying to make sure that unusually large crowd of folks would stay back from the edge of the curb.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:52:51 +0000

Seriously … what’s up with this amateur hour bell ringing at every station? Have not seen this on any other system in the world. Also, why don’t buses honk their horns as they enter every station if it’s something that needs to be done?

By: spokker

spokker — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:42:23 +0000

In 1986 nearly 25 percent of urban highways were already at capacity while another 20 percent were nearing capacity. Rural highways on the other hand, were way overbuilt. You probably didn’t need 100% grade separation and so many lanes out in the middle of nowhere, but hey, that’s what we were told we wanted.