Tracking Caltrain's bike car usage
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Friday, March 13, 2009
By Yokota Fritz
Caltrain said they would try to always schedule two bike cars on certain trains, but they have no way to monitor how effective this setup is. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Caltrain Bikes On Board project is working on a web-based interface for commuters to monitor this effectives, but why not just use what's already available?
These are the northbound "2 bike car" train statuses (statii?) and here are the southbound "2 bike car" trains statuses. Easy as pie. I search on Tweets to @bikecar and filter on the train numbers that Caltrain says should be two bike cars.
This is far from a complete list because Ravi's "@bikecar" project needs more volunteers. Perhaps SFBC Bikes On Board can encourage participation in this useful service? The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition also wants to measure Caltrain's performance on the 2 bike cars. Click here to learn how you can participate.
Caltrain said they would try to always schedule two bike cars on certain trains, but they have no way to monitor how effective this setup is. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Caltrain Bikes On Board project is working on a web-based interface for commuters to monitor this effectives, but why not just use what's already available?
These are the northbound "2 bike car" train statuses (statii?) and here are the southbound "2 bike car" trains statuses. Easy as pie. I search on Tweets to @bikecar and filter on the train numbers that Caltrain says should be two bike cars.
This is far from a complete list because Ravi's "@bikecar" project needs more volunteers. Perhaps SFBC Bikes On Board can encourage participation in this useful service? The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition also wants to measure Caltrain's performance on the 2 bike cars. Click here to learn how you can participate.
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bikesonboard@sfbike.org
Hello Bike Commuters and
Supporters,
Can You Spare 2 Minutes per Day to Help?
As of March 2, Caltrain is striving to put two bike cars on specified
trains, but they have no funding to monitor effectiveness. That's where
you come in. We are looking for people who ride the following trains,
which are supposed to have two bike cars every weekday:
Northbound: 103, 135, 151, 155, 189, 197, 207, 211, 217, 231, 241, 245,
261, 267, 275, 277, 287, 383
Southbound: 134, 142, 154, 158, 194, 196, 210, 216, 220, 228, 230, 252,
266, 312, 362, 372, 378, 386
Please respond to this email if you're able to spare two minutes per day
to tell us how many bike cars your train actually had, and we'll provide
an easy web-based reporting method.
bikesonboard@sfbike.org
Hello Bike Commuters and
Supporters,
Can You Spare 2 Minutes per Day to Help?
As of March 2, Caltrain is striving to put two bike cars on specified
trains, but they have no funding to monitor effectiveness. That's where
you come in. We are looking for people who ride the following trains,
which are supposed to have two bike cars every weekday:
Northbound: 103, 135, 151, 155, 189, 197, 207, 211, 217, 231, 241, 245,
261, 267, 275, 277, 287, 383
Southbound: 134, 142, 154, 158, 194, 196, 210, 216, 220, 228, 230, 252,
266, 312, 362, 372, 378, 386
Please respond to this email if you're able to spare two minutes per day
to tell us how many bike cars your train actually had, and we'll provide
an easy web-based reporting method.
Of course tracking the tweets isn't good for post-ride reporting for those w/o Internet capable phones, but I'd still like to see Caltrain BoB encourage more use of @bikecar.
Kit: Agreed. Are bumps NB @ Sunnyvale picking up again? I'm seeing bike car usage creep up again now that the days are getting longer.
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Kit: Agreed. Are bumps NB @ Sunnyvale picking up again? I'm seeing bike car usage creep up again now that the days are getting longer.
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