An interactive exploration of Boston's subway system(mbtaviz.github.io) |
An interactive exploration of Boston's subway system(mbtaviz.github.io) |
I have been cleaning up the code and adding more to it. I'm bringing it into a jupyter notebook so transit advocates can better present their routings. So far I have a framework that allows easy expression of alternate options along a segment of track
I'm not far off from being able to click and drag track segments on top of a map with ipyleaflet. I also want to hook in an optimizer to recommend the best track routings by cost.
[1] https://pedestrianobservations.com/2023/10/27/setting-speed-...
[2] https://github.com/paddymul/train-calculator/blob/main/Segme...
There's a fourth, the Green Line (which actually has 4 branches, B, C, D, and E, on the south/west side of downtown Boston), but it is not shown in the article under discussion. There is a link in the article to another page on the same site that shows the Green Line.
the whole system is a mess right now, but there's a new general manager that seems to be the best chance we've ever had at turning it around
I say this is someone who bikes, but who would rather have working mass transit first as it is far more useful and also equitable.
As for streetcars, Philadelphia shows that you can mix streetcar lanes with car lanes.
An unexpected pleasure was the schadenfreude of passing scores of cars on Hampshire/Beacon on my way home during rush hour.
An unexpected annoyance was the fair weather bikers who don't seem to know their bike has gears, and take f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to get going at a green light.