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Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by zkmon » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 8:06 AM UTC

Cool project and very nicely done!! claps.

You know what, I used to plan my leaving from home based on the timings at the station, but soon I realized that it is not worth it. It is not because trains are not sticking to the time table. Just randomly starting at your own comfort eliminates the anxiety that comes with planning. Your average wait time might increase to half of the interval between the trains, but that would be an increase of only a few minutes for mornings, in return for never bothering to check time again.

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by lanyard-textile » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 8:39 AM UTC

zkmon wrote: post #11

Cool project and very nicely done!! claps. You know what, I used to plan my leaving from home based on the timings at the station, but soon I realized that it is not worth it. It is not because trains are not sticking to the time table. Just randomly starting at your own comfort eliminates the anxiety that comes with planning. Your average wait time might increase to half of the interval between the trains, but that…

Agreed. It’s honestly not that long of a wait at most stations.

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by FinnKuhn » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 8:59 AM UTC

jo-m wrote: post #8

kleiba wrote: post #2

This should be a commercial product.

There a similar one, but it's the Swiss public transport system: https://tramli.ch/

I love that they are also imitating the real sign desing just like OP.

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by croisillon » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 9:16 AM UTC

jo-m wrote: post #8

kleiba wrote: post #2

This should be a commercial product.

There a similar one, but it's the Swiss public transport system: https://tramli.ch/

i had to look it up: Vienna too https://straba.at/

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by markhale » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 9:20 AM UTC

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Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by stevekemp » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 9:22 AM UTC

zkmon wrote: post #11

Cool project and very nicely done!! claps. You know what, I used to plan my leaving from home based on the timings at the station, but soon I realized that it is not worth it. It is not because trains are not sticking to the time table. Just randomly starting at your own comfort eliminates the anxiety that comes with planning. Your average wait time might increase to half of the interval between the trains, but that…

I built a small hardware device to show the departure time of the tram next to my house, because here in Finland it gets cold in winter.

Mostly the winter isn't super-cold, something like -10°C/14°F, but there are weeks where it will be -20°C/-4°F and then there's a big difference between waiting at the tram stop for 1 minute or 7 minutes.

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by ThrowawayTestr » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 9:28 AM UTC

Very cute, I love it.

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by velvet_thunderr » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 9:52 AM UTC

This is such a cool thing you've built! Must add a super cool vibe to the room too!

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by RoryH » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 10:16 AM UTC

Thank you for the inspiration from your nice and simple real-time API. I made a pass a few years ago on digesting similar GTFS data and you've made me realise how much simpler it could be! :-)

Re: Realtime BART Arrival Display

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Post by rsynnott » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 10:22 AM UTC

zkmon wrote: post #11

Cool project and very nicely done!! claps. You know what, I used to plan my leaving from home based on the timings at the station, but soon I realized that it is not worth it. It is not because trains are not sticking to the time table. Just randomly starting at your own comfort eliminates the anxiety that comes with planning. Your average wait time might increase to half of the interval between the trains, but that…

I look when getting a bus/train if the frequency is less than ~one every ten minutes. I never look for trams (those are ~always headway <10 mins for the routes I use).