Using Google Maps API you can choose between a few different background layers: Standard, Satellite, Hybrid and Physical. This is done using the setMapType() method. However, there currently isn’t a way to get display the transit or bike map layer. However, Google Maps allows you to create your own tile layer and load in into [...]
Jed and I are at Datacamp SF #cadata today. MUNI announced at the event that their real time arrival information is now open and free for developers to access. Its the same data that powers nextmuni. A while back we wrote a post complaining that this data wasn’t available. We’re excited about open transit data [...]
Update: SFist wrote a followup article about us and our bus. Blnktag just pimped its ride! $3,250. Worth every penny. What’s even sweeter is that we figured every hipster with $10,000 bucks would have bid on this guy, thanks to SFist. But I guess the down economy has come to our rescue once again. Burning [...]
So this might be kind of a gray area terms-of-service-wise, so do what you want with it. But if you’ve ever wondered how to mashup the Google Transit layer with your custom map, here’s how. While we aren’t advocating anybody actually do this, we’ve heard from a *confidential* source that Google implements new feature requests [...]
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 [...]
SFAppeal wrote a great article detailing the hurdles of trying to get real time info from a public transit agency. In the case of San Franciso Muni, they claim to own the data and also the desire for the public to access that. A Muni representative even mentioned that they want to provide their real [...]
A unified fare payment medium will go a long way in unifying the Bay Area’s highly fragmented, 28-agency transit system. From a user perspective, needing to know fare rules and exact change for multiple transit systems makes the daily commute tricky and makes non-routine transit trips to new areas an exercise in information systems research. [...]
To our loyal blog readers – this isn’t quite ready for production, but I wanted to explore BART’s new open data feed and do something fun. Comments, thoughts, appreciated. A few known issues: We’re still working on getting the real time feed up. Soon. The design isn’t great. We’ll be rolling out new ways to [...]
Via TechCrunch: Apple may be known for its advertising prowess, but this little marketing coup is going to go down as one of the most hilarious ad placements in recent history. doubleTwist, the company co-founded by renowned software reverse engineer DVD Jon, has managed to place a banner for its product directly next to the [...]
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 [...]
I just saw a very interesting post with scaled maps of major subway/metro systems of the world over at fakeisthenewreal.com. BART appears to be the largest system in the world by reach. BART is sort of a hybrid between a traditional metro system and a commuter rail system. I’m never sure if its the best [...]
Maybe I’m feeling just a little vindicated, since I almost got arrested a few times poking around Boston’s Red Line for a grad class on transit scheduling, but this is kind of cool. According to this story, a bunch of nerds at MIT found security vulnerabilities in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)’s sort-of new [...]
They already took your pension, is your train next? Also, this is cool – did I mention I love PBS?
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