Comments on: Taking the Bus http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2009/05/05/taking-the-bus/ Jayce's blog mostly for JayceLand. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Perette http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2009/05/05/taking-the-bus/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Perette Wed, 06 May 2009 21:02:19 +0000 http://jayceland.com/blog/?p=335#comment-701 RTS does have the PDF files for the schedules on-line. On their web site, click on 'schedules'. You the have to use the pull-down to select which schedule, then click on 'View schedule' to see it, which is obtuse and makes it difficult to get to the schedules. They are, however, static PDFs, and you can bookmark them... with risk. RTS has a habit of renaming the files when they update the schedules, leaving the old files in place so your bookmarks now (unknowingly) point you to bad data. I like the idea on the "superway"-- it's similar to the busways that many cities are doing, although busways often have a dedicated right-of-way for some portion of the trip so they're not subject to congestion. RTS does have the PDF files for the schedules on-line. On their web site, click on ‘schedules’. You the have to use the pull-down to select which schedule, then click on ‘View schedule’ to see it, which is obtuse and makes it difficult to get to the schedules. They are, however, static PDFs, and you can bookmark them… with risk. RTS has a habit of renaming the files when they update the schedules, leaving the old files in place so your bookmarks now (unknowingly) point you to bad data.

I like the idea on the “superway”– it’s similar to the busways that many cities are doing, although busways often have a dedicated right-of-way for some portion of the trip so they’re not subject to congestion.

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