Arzen Chan

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@josephabi The effect of the layout for buses is very interesting to me. Theoretically you could have one line zigzagging around town and it would cover everyone but be terrible for getting anywhere. An efficient plan must take into account much more than just coverage.

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@ana_danschro It's often an reason I hear for not biking. "It's too dangerous". Also, the construction of mandatory lanes sets a precedent that bikes are a "valid" mode of transportation. Nothing like build it and they will come!

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@matthew_mclaugh This is great! One little tidbit that I find sad that always seem to happen is the need to "get ahead of growth". Transit always seems to lag behind and need to play catchup. #TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@madelinegeog I completely agree. What I find troubling is sometimes you see on transit plans people complaining about art and "extravagance" in transit projects. Yet if such things aren't there, you also get complains. I for one rather the art but you can't win! #TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

A look at the impact of dock-less scooters. He brings up valid concerns of their disposability and how they may replace walking trips. I think these scooters don't really fill a gap, and rather replace walking trips like his concern. #TransportGeogMcGill https://t.co/O0orA023vR

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@julialoach_ Wow! I didn't actually think it would happen. That is a valid concern, especially since policy makes may benefit personally from these exemptions! #TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@julialoach_ I think it's interesting that many transit services try the dial-a-ride services, which seems like something similar to this except 30 years ago. Considering that those services are pretty rare, I would think not.

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

How Leonardo da Vinci made a "satellite" map in 1502 #neogeoweb https://t.co/GF8h40Zmeh

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@elevatedrail The article points out the limbo land bikes live in in terms of where they're supposed to be on road space. The lane? The shoulder? The sidewalk? It seems like everybody and every different place thinks bikes should be somewhere else. Bike lanes please!
#TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@emmawing13 I'm always impressed at the effectiveness of BRT in the so called "global south". It seems like in NA, whenever a BRT gets proposed it slowly drifts away from being a proper BRT system. Wikipedia has an article on BRT Creep: https://t.co/ThbkLeUB4F
#TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

@alt_geog These maps are neat displays, but they seem to unnecessarily stretch some realities. I'm most familiar with Toronto & Montreal's systems; they both seem geographically compacted to hide the reach of suburban subways, especially in Toronto. They could have used the interurbans!

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

The moovit app has collected a whole bunch of info about people's journey habits and published them for a lot of cities. Here's a link to New York.

https://t.co/9WwUBMDbLV

#TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

A look at the Dutch city of Delft's 1980's incremental improvements to cycle infrastructure. Mostly about filling in gaps in the network as well as considering the network's function as a whole.
https://t.co/FoDAnk4uB1
#TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

Some discussion of the possibility of congestion charging in New York. I still have my doubts though

https://t.co/CnkH35U6B9
#TransportGeogMcGill

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

This article tells a little bit on the update process of Waze. Doesn't say anything about how often they get data from your device though.
https://t.co/khrZvrZFMf
#neogeoweb

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

Also this one helps with the JSON array that you'll get back from the other tutorial
https://t.co/IAfJqGcr9y
#neogeoweb

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

I found that this tutorial helped a lot. If you use the URL as one you use for the Fusion Table request, it should work.
https://t.co/BSbK62CURJ
#neogeoweb

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

You can go to this link and scroll down to "Acquiring and using an API key". If you click on "get a key" you'll be prompted to create a project. Make a project and you'll get a key. That's been working for me... I think.
https://t.co/PHWvjk2vIm
#neogeoweb

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

Seeing the depreciation of Fusion Tables plastered everywhere is concerning when building this project. Looks like its concerning others too.
https://t.co/Kk3z5Ca64z
#neogeoweb

[Arzen Chan @ArzenChan]

Last assignment we were trying to change the font and I looked into the CSS file that W3 schools provides. All the elements are marked important! Why!? Makes it annoying to change.
#neogeoweb