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TriMet Opens Interfaces
For some time TriMet has had an ‘unofficial’ SOAP/XML web services interface to some of their data, including real-time arrival (also known as AVL – automatic vehicle location) data. Portland Transport uses the SOAP interface for our Transit Surfer, Transit Board and SMS interfaces for real time arrivals. They didn’t advertise it, but if you…
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Drumbeat for Next Legislature Continues
This time it’s in the Daily Journal of Commerce, where guest columnist Craig Honeyman (of the Oregon chapter of Associated General Contractors) calls for a continuing coalition of business and local governments to keep the heat on the Legislature to provide a comprehensive transportation funding package.
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Minneapolis
Our first thoughts of course are for the victims of the I-35 Bridge collapse, and for their families and loved ones. The natural second thought is “could it happen here?” Local officials are rushing to tell the media that, no, it can’t, but given that we don’t know why the bridge failed, it’s hard to…
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Safety Progress Lagging
Via Streetsblog: Fatalities per billion kilometers driven from 1970 to 2005 for selected countries We (the U.S.) used to lead the world in traffic safety. We’ve plateaued and others who lagged far behind are about to pass us…
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txt 2
A few weeks ago, we unveiled a prototype interface for getting TriMet arrival times via txt message. This is just a quick update. The reply messages have been condensed based on your feedback. The typical message now looks like this: Streetcar to SW Lowell and Bond: 2m,18m,34m; 15 Parkrose TC: 3m,17m For each line at…