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40529
... And yet, that same person might actually check to see when the bus is due to get to his stop of alightment. It won't save him any time, but might provide...
timothius2002
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May 1, 2007
7:53 am
40530
... Well, if one has to look at one's laptop to determine what one should actually be able to see through the front of the bus (traffic hazards, backups, and...
Chris Hansen
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May 1, 2007
9:30 am
40531
I hardly think my rebuttal of your arguments comprise anything creative other than common sense. There is no sense debating when you are still deluded in...
Harvey Kahler
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May 1, 2007
7:17 pm
40532
Great idea Robert! An actual bus route of the day by a random selection. ... From: nextstopchicago <nextstopchicago@...> To:...
Harvey Kahler
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May 1, 2007
7:19 pm
40533
... creative other than common sense. ... bus tracker can produce a time savings when the best case is to reduce a loss of time due to delay or interruption...
nextstopchicago
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May 1, 2007
11:49 pm
40534
Hey, wait a minute... isn't the "reduce[d] loss of time due to delay or interruption" you just described actually a time saving? In the event of a delay or...
caimi_paolo
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May 1, 2007
11:55 pm
40535
One relevant fact about this forum that may make us less likely to recognize the full value of the bus tracker is (to my knowledge) there are no women users of...
nextstopchicago
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May 1, 2007
11:57 pm
40536
Also, here is at least a suggestive answer to those who questioned ... in February, 74 percent of whites go online, 61 percent of African- Americans do and 80...
nextstopchicago
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May 2, 2007
12:19 am
40537
I think it's deluded to think that information that empowers riders doesn't save them time. Here's an example: A rider lives a block from Chicago/Damen, and...
Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
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May 2, 2007
12:23 am
40538
Some months ago there were some postings about a system PACE is using, I think in the Fox Valley area where passengers could press a button and the stop would...
Larry M
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May 2, 2007
1:05 am
40539
... He still had to be prepared to leave at his usual time, although there is some slight benefit to having a bit more relaxing commute. Does he have time to...
Adam H. Kerman
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May 2, 2007
1:44 am
40540
... That survey doesn't answer the right question at all if someone has Internet at home or the place he is leaving from to ride the bus, or if it is a ...
Adam H. Kerman
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May 2, 2007
1:57 am
40541
... waiting for a bus in a questionable area with little or not proper lighting. But in this instance I really doubt that bus traking would be of any help not...
nextstopchicago
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May 2, 2007
2:21 am
40542
... for a bus in a questionable area > ... I also want to take this in a different direction -- the bus tracker will help women not just in "a questionable...
nextstopchicago
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May 2, 2007
2:26 am
40543
... next bus ... knowledge ... known to go ... time they ... there is ... have time ... unlikely. Adam, you've caught Harvey's disease. Are there...
nextstopchicago
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May 2, 2007
2:37 am
40544
... No, I concluded years ago that we were being oversold on the advantages to the passenger of GPS. I can see that it's useful for infrequently-run service,...
Adam H. Kerman
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May 2, 2007
2:46 am
40545
... on a ... The tracker website has been up for almost a year. So I suppose instead of asking whether you'll need broadband, you could simply visit the site...
nextstopchicago
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May 2, 2007
3:02 am
40546
General lighting at bus stops isn't much of an issue within the city limits of Chicago. In the city, even alleys are brightly lighted, and the streets more so....
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May 2, 2007
3:02 am
40547
... advantages to ... Funny thing is that years ago, I certainly would have agreed with you. The advantages only accrue when large numbers of people have...
nextstopchicago
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May 2, 2007
3:05 am
40548
A. Rider is mostly A. Walker if he lives a block from Chicago Avenue and takes Route 60 - Blue Island/26th to work ;-) ROY G. BENEDICT | Publishers' services...
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roy_g_benedict
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May 2, 2007
3:13 am
40549
No, Pittsburgh's Oakland was and is hot transit territory right within the city, although today it's accomplished with no tracks at all. You might be thinking...
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roy_g_benedict
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May 2, 2007
3:20 am
40550
Yes yes. Go ahead and catch my typos. #66, of course. -TC ... From: CHICAGOTRANSIT@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CHICAGOTRANSIT@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
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May 2, 2007
4:07 am
40551
Adam, there is no image that I'm sending. It appears to be something Yahoo! is tacking onto HTML messages, which I either a) send by default, or b) send as a...
Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
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May 2, 2007
4:12 am
40552
Many, many, many, many, many people have computers that they leave on all the time with an always-on Internet connection. Even my grandmother, who turns 70...
Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
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May 2, 2007
4:17 am
40553
... Really doesn't answer my questions. If such sites are truly aimed at passengers, then they have to be useful on wireless or cellular connections on...
Adam H. Kerman
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May 2, 2007
5:55 am
40554
... No, it's not Yahoo, but the way you have Microsoft Outlook features set up. I believe it's the "stationery" feature that you've got turned on. Also, please...
Adam H. Kerman
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May 2, 2007
6:00 am
40555
... Isn't Pittsburgh Avenue one of the alignments of Thatcher Road through rural Leyden Township between Irving and Belmont before your subdivision was built?...
Adam H. Kerman
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May 2, 2007
6:13 am
40556
... useful on a ... visit ... connections ... I like the way you clipped the part about how you don't have broadband, just dial-up, so you could pretend that...
nextstopchicago
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May 2, 2007
7:29 am
40557
... A fairly trivial matter, if someone (either CTA or a commercial firm) stickers the bus stop signs with a unique five-digit identifying number. In an...
Dennis McClendon
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May 2, 2007
2:04 pm
40558
... His leaving later also fails to predict the possibility of a delay further down the line somewhere. So he may still need to leave early to ensure that he...
timothius2002
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May 2, 2007
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