nina_kin

tech stuff @ LA Metro 🚍🚉 | she/her
✨all thoughts my own ✨

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[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@RaccoonCast @j6ordon Thanks for that catch! It's fixed now 👍

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FYI - actively posting on Threads now. Transit, LA, and personal content ➡️ https://t.co/ZFXw4FvVHt

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@Nate_somewhere @SashaLaundy @michaelgat @musingvirtual @CJHandmer 😍 I'll be around on Friday at the very least cause I'll be speaking!

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San Bernardino County 👏

[OmniTrans @Omnitrans]

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Free Fares For School program is sponsored by @gosbcta !

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Companies that espouse the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are increasingly fighting unionization at their workplaces. @codeforamerica is no different.

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[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@TransSee @calwatch @metrolosangeles @misken67 😁 that's a nice position to be in! We definitely want people to get paid for their hard work though. Having a no-cost contract was useful for us as we transitioned away from having our own [really bad] vendor-built app.

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@TransSee @calwatch @metrolosangeles @misken67 They did go through a procurement process 3 years ago and they won the no-cost contract to be our official app.

There's no way that contract could have been extended, renewed, or whatever, without a procurement process if a cost was added to it.

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@calwatch @TransSee @metrolosangeles @misken67 damn! power user-mode!

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@calwatch @metrolosangeles @misken67 @TransSee are you running your own prediction algorithm based on vehicle positions?

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@DavidRoachford @metrolosangeles @misken67 @calwatch I'd be interested in something like NY MTA's digital arrival screens but those can get costly because they're so easily vandalized.

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@DavidRoachford @metrolosangeles @misken67 @calwatch As for showing where the trains are currently... we can actually do that using the data that currently exists. I think the issue is more so how we could provide that in a useful way on the platforms. I don't think it would fit well on the overhead arrival screens.

[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@metrolosangeles @misken67 @calwatch One more thing to clarify - Metro IS tracking all the trains, which is why TransSee is able to show location/time data. However, for arrival times you need to guess when that train is going to reach each subsequent station. That gets screwy with major issues like single-tracking.

[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@lmc @StreetsblogLA @multimodalLA @metrolosangeles @transitapp Unless government spends enough resources to build up a good in-house app development team, it will be the nature of government to constantly have to cycle through different app vendors because of the contracting process.

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@multimodalLA @metrolosangeles @transitapp If you enter "A" into the search box, it should show the A Line and you should be able to tap it or more details. Does that view show you the information you need?

[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@dexo568 🤣 i know, i know, but IT COULD HAVE WORKED!!! Since pandemic, Little Tokyo has also had an explosion of anime-themed shops!

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Yassss, congrats on launching!!!

[BART @SFBART]

They're here! BART is excited to unveil anime mascots making its debut at @FanimeCon, the largest anime convention in the Bay Area!

Our anime mascots are here to promote public transit and engage with youth riders. 🚆🐐✍️🌱✨⚙️

https://t.co/4c4jEJTjq0

https://t.co/hIMaNhXgSH

[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@dexo568 It could have been part of the opening branding, especially with the re-opening of Little Tokyo Station as part of the Regional Connector! 😔 With Anime Expo in July, the timing would have been *chef's kiss*!

[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@dexo568 I tried but I didn't get any bites! :( And we have fricken Anime Expo here in LA!!!

[nina_kin @ninakin9]

@stargazermellu omg, i would love that!!! 🥺 🙏