tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 29/09/2026I mean, this type of structure (for trams) isn't much more than that, basically walls and a roof. Here's an example from near where I lived in Lyon: 260
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 29/09/2026Seattleites, what're you doing Thursday? That's right, going for a hike (and transit trip audit) for #WeekWithoutDriving! 011
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 29/09/2026on a scale of "definitely not" to "absurd to even ponder", how reasonable would it be to take out every other floor, make them double-height? 040
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 29/09/2026Still in absolute awe of @mysfpuc.bsky.social's Fifield-Cahill Ridge Trail that I hiked on Saturday with a group for Transit Month. What a way to round out the month! The trail requires a docent to protect the rare habitats, which are probably some of the most beautiful I've seen on the peninsula. 072
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 28/09/2026The Pacific shelf is very narrow compared to elsewhere! map.openseamap.org/index.phpmap.openseamap.orgOpenSeaMap - La Carta Náutica libre 010
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 27/09/2026they're built in California, and tested in the northeast since that's where Amtrak owns long stretches of tracks to be able to schedule the needed mileage! 170
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 26/09/2026it's really no different from Caltrain! pre-electrification they ran 16 trains each way a day on weekends, that took 1h40min from SF to SJ. On weekdays today, Capitol Corridor runs 15 trains a day that take 1h43min from Emeryville to Sacramento! 020
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 26/09/2026Check your account, I have 3500ish points just bumping around doing nothing. It'd be enough for a coach seat to visit my folks in Portland, just from looking at the booking flow. 030
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 26/09/2026Bob's Red Mill has a piece on popping other grains! Maybe try buckwheat? It's still not big, though. www.bobsredmill.com/articles/can...bobsredmill.comCan You Pop Mung Beans Like Popcorn? | Bob's Red Mill Natural FoodsCorn is usually the first grain to come to mind when we think of popping grains. However, it's not the only food that can be popped. Like corn, several… 250
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 26/09/2026having a ticket in hand is functionally no different from tapping on to the train as you board. neither guarantee you a seat, they both are just mechanisms to pay a fare. (the ticket isn't even actually tied to the train it has printed on it - you can use it for any train in the next year!) 250
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 26/09/2026born out of the same frustration I'm sure you felt before! glad to hear it's got a fan :) 060
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 26/09/2026the Capitol Corridor doesn't sell out trains except for special event trains! they'd let you squeeze in like on BART before they turned you away. 140
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 26/09/2026Tap2Ride is open to the public and $2 cheaper than buying a ticket through Amtrak! 020
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 25/09/2026AC Transit predictions are consistently just far worse than other agencies. Most agencies actually mean now when their data says now, AC Transit is consistently 1-2min early on theirs (until a 10min late bus suddenly makes up several minutes and you miss it) 120
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 24/09/2026international roaming can do weird things to some (very bad) geolocation systems, could be that? 011
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 24/09/2026the basic problem is actually that Alstom did a terrible job with their modern generation of train - when was TGV M supposed to launch, again? 010
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 23/09/2026I think Google uses the individual agency feeds here, though, and so we wind up with it not having the transfer data anyways. But at least up here it's not a simple lack of the data existing 🫠 030
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 23/09/2026so for creating the interagency savings calculator tool that shows off pre-Clipper 2 fares (with existing transfers) vs Clipper 2 fares (with new transfer program), literally all I had to do was mechanistically apply fare rules to get the discounted fare: clipper2.hikingbytransit.com#adult#AC#BA;...clipper2.hikingbytransit.comClipper 2.0 Savings Calculator 110
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 23/09/2026in the Bay Area, our MPO the MTC produces a regional transit data feed that combines each agency's data into one mega-GTFS with interagency transfers and unified transit station data: 511.org/open-data/tr...511.orgTransit DataThis free resource provides comprehensive and real-time insights on transit data through APIs that you can use to power innovative applications and services. 220
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 23/09/2026yup, LA Metro's fault. They don't provide any sort of fare transfer information in their data, AND provide different feeds for buses vs rail. developer.metro.net/gtfs-schedul...developer.metro.netGTFS Schedule Data – Metro Open Data 130
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 23/09/2026Khyber Pass, a phenomenal afghan restaraunt. Le Psy Bar for great wine. L'Affichiste is a fun place to spend an hour in Old Montreal. The Biosphere in Parc Jean-Drapeau is really cool just architecturally, I literally don't remember the museum inside of it. The Archeology/History Museum is great. 030
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 21/09/2026Yeah, it's absolutely crazy. I'm shocked they got permission for it, though I'm not familiar with who they'd have to ask permission from? Surely at least it'd require an EIR to demolish acres of estuary-adjacent grassland? 310
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 21/09/2026Well that's ONE way to keep people from doing unwanted things along the Lake Merritt estuary paths 😵💫 4115
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 21/09/2026My problem is the great hall is so empty. It's designed to have giant holes in the floor leading to the lower levels and to have ...any people at all in wandering around it. It's sad and barren. 010
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026I'll admit my description of the route over was a little dramatized 😅 it's a lovely area and I'm excited for the Bay Trail project to make the ride out to the end of the marina nicer. 030
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026The problem is the biking distance is, from the nearest spot to the Aquatic Park bike bridge, identical to the distance to BART! It'll be a fun alternative to the train, but it's fundamentally pretty bad transit, given poor access, the high upfront costs to reno the dock, AND high running costs 110
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026Well, I say this but actually, I think making it part of the federal NTD reqs would be most ideal. My understanding is that a lot of the prefixing I advocate for in the above piece would require modifying existing GTFS software, but implementing us:[state]:[operator]:[route_id] would be fantastic 030
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026if this is Cal FTB, I would not expect anything to be easy with them, and would simultaneously not prepare to be surprised. 121
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026also for comparison: BART from North Berkeley is a 26min trip to Embarcadero, 1min longer than the ferry and 1min longer on bike from the apartments at the foot of the Aquatic Park bike bridge. 010
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026Like, a ferry is fun, and I think we should invest in civic infrastructure that brings joy to our lives, but a Berkeley ferry is very much not about (or at least not going to be) providing useful transportation. 230
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026This is great, but the ferry is going to be 25min from the pier to the ferry building vs the AC Transit FS at 21min from 6th & University to the transit center. 220
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026to get from the ferry pier to the nearest residential building, you must: * walk 1mi down a wide, empty road * at the bridge, divert to the gravel parking lot and aim for the bike/ped bridge * follow the bridge over a freeway south, east, and north * cross the railroad tracks * 1.2mi total, 26min! 340
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026Making it a statewide Cal-ITP thing is absolutely the right call. I just wish the other data fields had also been deduped while we were at it (using an agency prefixing system like I describe in the article) 120
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026The Bay Area already does a lot of this work through the unified MTC feed. Doing it requires some sort of decision making structure and set scale (don't want to dedupe LA County only to decide that OC should be in the scheme too) 130
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026I'd definitely be interested in whatever preliminary stats you get from putting that together, I don't really have an intuition for what the scale of the problem of overlapping IDs is 100
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026(Still disappointed that the law that will require every small agency to touch their GTFS files to disambiguate stop_ids doesn't do the same for route_ids/trip_ids/etc) 100
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026Well, starting in 2028 it *should* be the stop_id :) Will be interesting to see how long it takes to actually stabilize and have agencies generally properly use the registry id. 110
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026old stop IDs -> new ones? I don't know what geographic area you work on but it's my understanding that MTC mandates a prefixing system that prevents collisions, and I'd wager a guess the Bay will be first to the registry vs SoCal and thus keep their stop IDs 100
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 19/09/2026Just heard that AB 1599 was signed into law! Once fully implemented, one physical stop on the ground will have one name and one ID in apps (and other datasets)! Data standardization is a *major* part of transit integration. This is wonky but so important! www.seamlessbayarea.org/blog/2026/6/...seamlessbayarea.orgAB 1599: Seamless Interagency Stop Data - the California Transit Stop Registry — Seamless Bay AreaOn June 23, the California Senate Transportation Committee is expected to hear and vote on a good bill to standardize bus stop data, making transit more convenient for riders and enabling smarter plan... 25411
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 18/09/2026group chat says that in North America this is basically just a Quebec thing, which is amusing. 100
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 17/09/2026*St-Viateur bagels, obviously but really, no matter which you choose, ask what's freshest. Don't go for fun flavors, go for fresh. 040
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 17/09/2026the 90s were a bright spot where a renewed focus on reliability, combined with a new and highly competent manager and a BART strike, led to something of a renaissance for the agency. Very much lessons for today. 071
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 17/09/2026the reality is that, since BART took the role of the main, high-profile transit agency in the East Bay, AC Transit has had to be very careful and very strategic about maintaining operations and financing, and it's a problem that they've struggled with continuously. 120
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 17/09/2026I highly recommend reading this piece if you've not already on the history of AC Transit through the 2000s: www.reimaginerpe.org/node/1468reimaginerpe.org 260
tschuy 🏳️🌈 @tsch.uy · 14/09/2026static.klipy.comMan Says 'We Made It Up' MemeALT: Man Says 'We Made It Up' Meme 020
