And a lot of people live between the U-District and Little Saigon and have a lot of frequent bus and streetcar alternatives, and likewise between Westlake and Mt Baker. When Link reaches U-District, Roosevelt, and Northgate it will be a lot bigger advantage for my trips and I’d take it even under these conditions, but for now it’s not. ![]() So Link is one-half dozen to the other when it’s guaranteed 10 minutes (subject to the usual delays), but when it’s a non-guaranteed 15 minutes it makes me reach for a bus. And when I say “UW” I really mean the U-District so there’s already overhead in getting to Link, and on the Capitol Hill side there’s also overhead, while the 49 is closer at both ends. Even if I were going to the airport, the 124+A would at least guarantee I wouldn’t miss my flight. All those are short enough and have frequent enough bus alternatives that waiting 5-15 minutes for a bus sounds better than waiting 10-30 minutes for Link. I live halfway between two stations and my most common trips are UW to Capitol Hill, UW to Westlake, Westlake to Intl Dist, and Westlake to SODO. If you know how far the north train is from Pioneer Square Station, you have a good idea how far the corresponding south train is from PSS. One additional way to track the trains is an entanglement approximation. Heck, a reliable 20-minute headway schedule might still be better than having the train show up seemingly randomly (off-peak only, when there is plenty of capacity). If the off-peak Link headway could be reliably 15 minutes or less (on both lines), I’d be totally down with a 15-minute clock-face schedule. Metro could get more drivers by raising wages, at least in theory, but that is a long-term ramp-up requiring months of lead time.Įmployers are trying to flex employees’ schedules to spread out the pain, something that has been done, ongoing, but peak-hour travel seems to obey the theory of induced demand. There are only so many buses and drivers available, and only so much space to store buses on the bases. ![]() (How easy is it to track when those extra buses come, BTW?) Simply having the bus driver run a GPS tracking app with their cellphone would provide robustness against this.Įxtra buses have been added on the most crowded routes serving Link neighborhoods. ![]() When the emergency snow network is activated, OBA has no clue which routes are running and which ones aren’t. – OBA shows buses on regular route, even when buses are on snow route. – No OBA for extra buses deployed for special events. – No OBA data for temporary shuttle buses that replaced Link last weekend. driver misses a freeway exit), OBA completely loses track of where the bus is. – When a bus driver goes off-route for whatever reason (e.g. – OBA is unable to handle temporary bus reroutes due to construction, even when the detour is known days or weeks in advance (only long-term reroutes that last several months or more, is it able to adjust for). The moment anything unusual happens, the real-time status information immediately disappears, and even the schedule information might not be trusted. ![]() The material posted on this blog should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions, and is not related to the provision of advisory services regarding investment, tax, legal, financial, accounting, consulting or any other related services, nor are advice or recommendations being provided to buy, sell or purchase any good or product.This has been a consistent problem with OneBusAway. By accessing and reviewing this blog: (i) you agree to the disclaimers set down below and (ii) warrant and represent that you are not located, incorporated or otherwise established in, or a citizen or a resident of any locations listed in the Restricted Jurisdiction Policy. HDR may, in its sole discretion, update the Restricted Jurisdiction Policy and implement controls to restrict access to the BitMEX trading platform in any of the Restricted Jurisdictions. If it is determined that any BitMEX user has given false representations as to their location, incorporation, establishment, citizenship or residence, or HDR detects a user is from a Restricted Jurisdiction as defined in the Restricted Jurisdiction Policy, HDR reserves the right to immediately close their accounts and liquidate any open positions. Access to trading or holding positions on BitMEX is prohibited for any person or entity that is located, incorporated or otherwise established in, or a citizen or a resident of listed locations as defined in the Restricted Jurisdiction Policy, including the United States of America.
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