Monthly Archives: November 2009

Follow-up: Timetables for posting at stop poles (“Quick: When is the next bus scheduled to arrive?”)

Thanks to the readers and comment-makers, I received some enlightening feedback and new information after the post “Quick: When is the next bus scheduled to arrive?” The best way of presenting information at stop poles probably depends on system features … Continue reading

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What’s your transit score?

WalkScore.com, by FontSeat, is a site that automatically generates “walk scores” for inputted address locations.  These scores, numbers between 0 and 100, are intended to express the walkability of a location, as determined by the proximity of various services and … Continue reading

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Northern California Google Transit Feasibility Study and Pilot project

Last month, the Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency accepted Trillium’s Northern California Google Transit Feasibility Study. The document is the culmination of a project begun in January 2009 to pilot rural Northern California transit agencies in Google Transit.  Currently, … Continue reading

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Quick — when is the next bus scheduled to arrive?

Recently, I visited the San Francisco Bay Area. My friend Andrea, who lives in Berkeley, pointed out the inconvenience of transit timetables that separate all the scheduled departures by line. If there are multiple lines that travel to some of … Continue reading

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