MUNI Transit Delays Visualized
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transit delay visualization
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How HN took it
2 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful for seeing N Judah delays and deciding when to walk or bike instead.
From 3 comments
Well done. This would be extremely useful in one of the mobile muni apps. I look at Transporter in the morning to know when to leave for the N, but if it had an indicator of…
alexmr on HNThis is awesome. Nice work. Accurately shows the N-Judah ridiculousness I experienced this morning.
evanm on HNYep. And it's more than just psychological: say I have to be somewhere that's 15 minutes away by bus, and 30 minutes away by foot (this is common for me). A random 20 minute…
timr on HN
Marey's Trains style graphs are a good fit for this data.
From 1 comment
This graphical schedule visualization is often called Marey's Trains. https://mbostock.github.io/protovis/ex/caltrain.html Another project that uses Marey's Trains is an…
oscilloscope on HN
Objections
Comparing against the published schedule is not very useful; planned interval matters more.
From 1 comment
Trying to compare against the published schedule isn't all that useful. As a resident of SF, I long ago gave up the idea that you could look up the scheduled arrival of a bus and…
dougmccune on HN
Delays at the start of routes may reflect driver breaks or waiting rather than traffic.
From 2 comments
Looking at some of the bus routes confirms something I've suspected about MUNI for a long time: most of the "delays" happen at the beginning of the route. I've watched bus…
timr on HNIf you look at these graphs, you'll consistently see horizontal lines in front of the first bus of the day, or on busses that run an hour apart. That's not a delay due to the…
timr on HN
Requests
Measure deviation from planned headway instead of the published schedule.
From 1 comment
Trying to compare against the published schedule isn't all that useful. As a resident of SF, I long ago gave up the idea that you could look up the scheduled arrival of a bus and…
dougmccune on HN
Add private bus locations to the data.
From 1 comment
This would be a lot more interesting with data about private bus locations interlaced with coordinated time.
justizin on HN
Sort bus lines numerically and place limited lines after their regular lines.
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. One minor thing is that if the sorting of the bus lines was numeric rater than lexical I think it would be easier to find a specific bus line. Also the limited…
birken on HN
Questions
What the short black lines represent.
From 1 comment
What do the short black lines represent? I see some lines start, then abruptly end. Is that a train changing route assignments?
refurb on HN
How to decide which direction is inbound versus outbound.
From 1 comment
Could you swap the vertical axis for N Judah? It's a bit confusing to have King & 4th at the top and Judah at the bottom.
Camillo on HN
Alternatives named
nextmuni.com for real-time vehicle position.
From 1 comment
nextmuni.com is pretty good as far as real-time position information goes. I don't think I've even looked at a published schedule for the last decade.
oneweirdtrick on HN
Transporter mobile app for MUNI arrivals.
From 1 comment
Well done. This would be extremely useful in one of the mobile muni apps. I look at Transporter in the morning to know when to leave for the N, but if it had an indicator of…
alexmr on HN