BlinkTag Inc » bay area http://blinktag.com Tue, 01 May 2012 22:43:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Is your transit agency’s system map on GitHub? http://blinktag.com/bart-system-map-on-github/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bart-system-map-on-github http://blinktag.com/bart-system-map-on-github/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:45:12 +0000 Trucy Phan http://blinktag.com/?p=1277 Today, we put an open source BART system map on GitHub for developers to use in apps.

Now, you can make the BART map of your dreams, whether that means changing the Bay Area base map to an 8-bit version (awesome), turning the station icons into gumdrops (yum!), or changing the font to Papyrus (tears of sorrow).

In addition to the AI file, you can download color and black and white .png maps.

If you use this map in your app or project, email trucy@blinktag.com and I’ll be sure to check it out.

We’re curious – is your local transit agency’s system map on GitHub?

]]> http://blinktag.com/bart-system-map-on-github/feed/ 0 Unofficial Rail map of the Bay Area streamlines and integrates the patchwork of transit http://blinktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit http://blinktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:12:23 +0000 Brendan Nee http://blnktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/ BART released a new version of its official map this week.  Its a streamlined version:

The folks at San Francisco Cityscape have created their own streamlined map that shows all the rail transit in the Bay Area.  It makes the system look much more comprehensive and integrated than it really is.  It includes BART, MUNI (streetcars & light rail), VTA light rail, ACE trains, Caltrain, & Amtrak.  See the full size pdf or gif.

SF Cityscape has lots of other neat maps including one of existing and proposed streetcar lines in New Orleans.Technorati Tags: , , , ,

]]> http://blinktag.com/unofficial-rail-map-of-the-bay-area-streamlines-and-integrates-the-patchwork-of-transit/feed/ 2 if the chron gets it, it must be obvious http://blinktag.com/if-the-chron-gets-it-it-must-be-obvious/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-the-chron-gets-it-it-must-be-obvious http://blinktag.com/if-the-chron-gets-it-it-must-be-obvious/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:44:19 +0000 Jed Horne http://blnktag.com/?p=366

Maybe spreading common sense ideas and stating the obvious is a way for San Francisco’s most widely read fishwrapper to avoid the fate of other dailies, but I guess it’s good that they finally figured it out:

MAYBE HAVING 26 TRANSIT AGENCIES IS BAD FOR BAY AREA COMMUTERS. Like, duh.

Sarcasm aside, turns out that MTC is making noise about actually fixing the problems of route overlap, uncoordinated planning, and general inefficiency in our public transportation network. Maybe the new plans will work better than Translink did. One can hope.

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