Transit Humour

Last night on Twitter, I posted a couple off-handed tweets noting how I had previously taken photos of a Sound Transit bus when it was still owned by them that is now owned by BFT, and I could do a before/after comparison with those photos now. In response to those tweets, a Twitter conversation between [...]

DETOURS/DELAYS – Regional Snowstorm (1/19/12 – 1/21/12)

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably noticed the snowstorm that has hit our part of the world this week. Needless to say, this has been making things a bit difficult for transit operators in our area. Below, I have a list that I will be updating as often as possible on delays/detours/service cancellations [...]

#TAD2012 – Transportation Advocacy Day 2012

For those unfamiliar with Twitter lingo, #TAD2012 is the “hashtag” being used to help promote Transportation Choices Coalition‘s Transportation Advocacy Day 2012. What’s that? I’ll let this quote from TCC’s site explain: You as [a] citizen lobbyist are the most powerful tool we have to be successful in pushing forward good policies in Olympia and [...]

DETOURS/DELAYS – Entire BFT System (Snow 1/18/12)

Tonight and tomorrow, the Tri-Cities will be seeing snow. Reports vary, but from the sound of things the Tri-Cities will be getting 3-7 inches of snowfall. As the service day for fixed-route and paratransit will be over in less than 2 hours, there shouldn’t be any major problems tonight. If the snow starts accumulating rapidly [...]

Whitehorse Transit – A Complete Revamp

Almost all of my posts here tend to revolve around Ben Franklin Transit and topics related to the Tri-Cities, WA. However, I haven’t always lived in this area, so I thought it would be fun to talk a little about the transit agency where I was born and raised: Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada). In the far [...]

The System Map – How Much Information Does It Need?

As some of you may recall, a few months back I wrote a post on what I would like to do to revise the whole BFT system. With that post, I designed a map to give a visual aide for my proposal. Compare it with the official BFT system map, and you’ll see that I [...]

Girls in a Fishbowl

Take one abandoned ex-BFT GM “Fishbowl” and add one local girl who’s into fashion and photography, and what do you get? A photo shoot! As I’ve mentioned a couple of times before, BFT operated with GM Fishbowls in the early days when they were first starting operations. As they grew older and bigger, they eventually [...]

The Car vs The Pedestrian

(Spoiler alert: It’s a pretty one-sided affair.) Just in the last two days here in the Tri-Cities, there have been not one but two separate incidents of a car striking pedestrian(s). Yesterday, a student walking home from Pasco High School was struck by a car at the corner of 12th Avenue and Sylvester Street. Initial reports [...]

Rider Alerts (Or What Not To Do)

Sometimes routes change. Other times bus stops may be temporarily closed. Whatever the case, there is (or rather, there should be) a general sequence of events that occurs to communicate this to transit riders: Decision is made (on route change, stop closure, etc). Informational flyers are printed up. Said flyers are then distributed appropriately to [...]