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Never Missing the Train Again

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Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by nox101 »

bongodongobob wrote: post #79
nox101 wrote: post #71

Maybe I'm not understanding the use case. I don't want to "take the train". I want to get from A to B. If the train is broken, the workers are on strike, the route is blocked between 1pm and 4pm, or it's outside of operating hours then I want an alternative. So for me, I actually want what Google Maps gives me (or tries to give me). I do not just want to know about trains. Maybe I want to get from the Ferry Building…

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without more info you can't know that. further. I want to go to one app. If I want to go to Geary and 24th, there is no train. I don't want to have to take the extra step of thinking about where I want to go and then having to choose the appropriate app. one app will do

Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by nox101 »

inejge wrote: post #80
nox101 wrote: post #71

Maybe I'm not understanding the use case. I don't want to "take the train". I want to get from A to B. If the train is broken, the workers are on strike, the route is blocked between 1pm and 4pm, or it's outside of operating hours then I want an alternative. So for me, I actually want what Google Maps gives me (or tries to give me). I do not just want to know about trains. Maybe I want to get from the Ferry Building…

> Maybe I'm not understanding the use case. I don't want to "take the train". The use case is routine. A lot of people, most of the time, do indeed want to "take the train". Heroic feats of real-time planning have their place, and it's great to have tools that help you with that, but routine can be covered with much simpler tools just as well. Even in the Tokyo scenario you gave (which is fascinating -- thank you!) G…

never met that person. as someone that has long lived in cities with amazing transportation (sf is not one of those with good transportation) there are too many options and people always want whatever is best now, not routine.

you're out drinking - which mode is last. you're on the east side of X, which route is closest. you're tired, does any route guauntee a seat. etc....

Berlin, London, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Kyoto, Osaka. All this way . there is no "one train"

Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by numpad0 »

nox101 wrote: post #71

Maybe I'm not understanding the use case. I don't want to "take the train". I want to get from A to B. If the train is broken, the workers are on strike, the route is blocked between 1pm and 4pm, or it's outside of operating hours then I want an alternative. So for me, I actually want what Google Maps gives me (or tries to give me). I do not just want to know about trains. Maybe I want to get from the Ferry Building…

Experiences with public transit in central Tokyo is don't generalize to the world. It's as pointless as talking in-store shopping or dining experience based solely on that inside a Disneyland. Just tapping Suica takes couple times less than what takes you elsewhere, if at all supported.

Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by brendannee »

edfungus wrote: post #66

I also live in SF and made an iOS app (A Better Ride) to solve this exact problem. Just shows you departure times of transit for stops around you. The goal is to make transit less stressful by making it predictable and explorable. It’s just a passion project I work on in my free time with zero monetization

This app is fantastic - nice job! It is unique among transit apps in that it shows you only the routes near you and where they go. This lets you explore all the places you could travel to without dealing with transfers.

Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by [deleted] »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #67

n.b. I'm the executive director of the non-profit behind OneBusAway, which is an open source project used by millions of people every day to find out where their buses, trains, trams, and funiculars are, and when they'll be arriving. If you live in a city that already has a OneBusAway server[1], you can use one of our brand new SDKs to build your own custom app experience: https://github.com/onebusAway/?q=sdk&type=al…

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Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by bambax »

I love this kind of observation:

> like most truly useful things we need to build it ourselves

but I was surprised that the author insists on displaying an image on the Kindle. The last third of the post is dedicated to building that PNG file. Is it possible to send text? It would be easier but maybe it's not possible...?

Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by bambax »

laserlight wrote: post #76
crazygringo wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ugh, that sucks. Any idea how to determine which ones are affected? I.e. what firmware version, or which models it started affecting? Older models still support ~disableScreensaver -- at some point Amazon just stopped issuing firmware updates for them, I have to assume.

How ironic that not having firmware updates is good... I found the following April 2022 Reddit thread [0] that I remember visiting back in the day. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/u8u7up/disable_auto...

> How ironic that not having firmware updates is good

That's often the case, things going from good to worse. Cf. the removal of Manifest 2 on Chrome for instance.

Re: Never Missing the Train Again

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Post by benjaminfh »

I love the premise and I felt that a lot in SF. The transport system is not really a complex enough network that I need to be shown routing options. Just wanted to know when to leave the house and not stand at the stop for 20 minutes :’(

(In a highly networked place like London, seeing all options is helpful)

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