Slog - Comments on Someone Start a Web Site Like This in Seattle, Please http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se Not that we've got much in the way of alternatives, but here's a cool site in DC (where I'm visiting my parents right now) that gives you maps and times and details so you can live life without owning a car. The site sets you up to to get around on alternatives like rail (Metro), buses, bicycles, carpools, vanpools, flexcars, zipcars, and taxis. Footnote: I was texting with a friend back in Seattle last night—updating each other on our nights out on the town—and voila: I, tipsy on some drinks, just hopped the Metro at 1am (last train came... Copyright 2008 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:04:43 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:35:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by david A web designer co-worker and I (web developer) were talking about just such an idea yesterday. We'll probably have something up within a week.

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733019 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733019 City Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:10:39 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman Even better would be something similar to the DC Circulator on that website that would encompass a couple or routes downtown. That would be better that the horseshit you have downtown where the buses are free but you have no clue where they turn or stop off of 3rd.

While the Circle line is slow in London, it serves a purpose... everyone knows where it runs and it runs constantly. Its that sort of mindless, runs often type of service that's gotta happen to transform services. I only wish we had something similar to the DC metro.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733020 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733020 City Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:17:47 -0800 Comment by tsm Is every Seattle bus rider familiar with MyBus? If not, prepare to thank me profusely for introducing you to it:

http://mybus.org/

and the piece de resistance, the SMS bus info service:

http://www.its.washington.edu/mybus-sms/

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733031 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733031 City Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:45:12 -0800 Comment by Charlie david@1: I run a web design and hosting company, and would he happy to help you. Let me know if you're interested, and we can chat.

]]> Charlie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733033 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733033 City Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:56:36 -0800 Comment by david @3 - I've seen that before. Most of the info is just copied verbatim from the Metro site, too. The SMS service is especially useful, but their website is in dire need of updating. I'm thinking Google Maps mashup here.

@4 - I'd really appreciate your help. Let's talk (davigoli@hotmail.com, spam bukkit).

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733035 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733035 City Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:01:28 -0800 Comment by arthur wyatt Google transit is pretty good:
http://www.google.com/transit

]]> arthur wyatt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733040 City Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:15:37 -0800 Comment by Levislade @6 - you're much better off with Metro Trip Planner than Google Transit, at least last time I checked. You get some weird-ass trips through that thing, at least in Seattle.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733093 City Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:52:35 -0800 Comment by tokodaisumisu@hotmail.com Yeah, google transit is better for suburbs to the city trips than intracity trips.

]]> tokodaisumisu@hotmail.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733329 City Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:50:24 -0800 Comment by Justin That MyBus site seemed a little odd. I checked the 49 on it, and it listed it as having a northbound stop at Broadway & Madison... I take that bus every day, and it DEFINITELY doesn't stop at Madison; it doesn't even get onto Broadway until Pine, so that makes me a little nervous. I think I'll stick with http://transit.metrokc.gov for now.

]]> Justin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733453 City Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:43:55 -0800 Comment by beyond madd Josh, your friend was drinking, driving *and* texting? Maybe he could go fuck himself while he's at it.

]]> beyond madd http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/someone_start_a_web_site_like_this_in_se#c733470 City Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:47:31 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit @10
"Margarita Totale"
—Lou Reed, Some Kinda Love

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