A conversation with Seattle
Residents close in to SeaTac won’t likely notice much difference in noise-per-jet, but outlying areas might. The new paths are expected to cut 14 to 26 miles of currently dog-legged southern approaches, but will add to others. A new western approach that takes southern arrivals over Elliott Bay, rather than over north Seattle, will have an obvious impact. Continue reading Will New Flight Paths Bring Quieter Seattle Skies?
For all of you who have been noticing crazily delayed and “phantom” buses on Seattle’s favorite transit app, OneBusAway, there’s a reason for that.
Ironically, the problem stems from King County Metro’s long-awaited upgrade to on-board GPS, which, when complete, will allow pinpointy real-time speed and location data. Continue reading What’s Wrong with One Bus Away?
King County’s Linda Thielke says, “Installation on all the individual buses (1,200+) is well underway now, but we estimate it will be late in 2012 when we have all the fleet outfitted with the new OnBoard Systems gear, including GPS.” By end of this summer, OneBusAway creator Brian Ferris will have set up Metro with the software necessary to provide that real-time information. Continue reading When Will OneBusAway Upgrade to On-Board GPS Data?
Some 50,000 Seattle transit riders use the popular OneBusAway bus-tracking program per week says creator Brian Ferris, a graduate student who’ll finish up his work at the University of Washington shortly, and head off to work at Google Transit.
That last news has created consternation in about 50,000 hearts, as it’s not clear what will become of OneBusAway once Ferris departs. On his blog, Ferris tries to allay concerns. Continue reading OneBusAway Faces “Number of Options”