Posts

Oct 25, 2015
Python context managers for CFFI resource management
Jan 11, 2015
Legacy AVL system? It's okay, join the club.
Nov 12, 2014
Reprogramming a u-blox MAX-7Q in-situ on a Raspberry Pi
Mar 30, 2014
How should transit agencies make their GTFS available?
Jan 22, 2014
Apps ≇ frequency
Jan 12, 2014
Why "they're not on NextBus" isn't the problem it sounds like
Jan 2, 2014
Synoptic first!
Dec 9, 2013
Traction motor, HVAC unit, AVL system?
Nov 17, 2013
Building Momentum with open data, open source, and open architecture
Nov 16, 2013
What's wrong with the NextBus API?
Oct 11, 2013
Passively open, actively closed
Nov 30, 2012
GTFS-realtime for WMATA buses
Nov 9, 2012
Open standards are a force multiplier for civic software
Jun 4, 2012
Bringing OpenTripPlanner and OneBusAway to DC to improve rider experience
Mar 9, 2012
Journey history as open data, and cooperation with developers
Mar 7, 2012
Celebrating regional mobility
Mar 5, 2012
Automating transit alert selection using fare collection data
Feb 15, 2012
Context-free trip planning
Nov 21, 2011
WMATA's open data efforts are good, but could be better
Nov 3, 2011
Taming MTA New York City Transit's bus GTFS feeds
Oct 22, 2011
Announcing htmlbib, a tool for rendering BibTeX files as interactive HTML
Oct 10, 2011
It's 2011. Do you know where your buses are?
Oct 9, 2011
Human factors in rail signalling accidents, and the role of backup systems
Sep 22, 2011
Using the Common Alerting Protocol for transit alerts
Sep 7, 2011
Does Twitter provide a good substitute for costly SMS services?
Sep 6, 2011
27 hours on the IRT: visualizing ATS data
Aug 29, 2011
Making transit alert feeds effective
Aug 11, 2011
Maryland's new 511 system falls short of expectations
Jul 31, 2011
Do-it-yourself WMATA train arrival display
Jul 30, 2011
More on social media for transit agencies
Jul 26, 2011
Google Apps Script: like AppleScript for the Web
Jul 24, 2011
41 of the top 50 transit agencies use Twitter. Does yours?
Jul 8, 2011
What can we do with station subtitles?
Jul 6, 2011
What role do developers play in open payment?
Jul 1, 2011
Heritage trains and CBTC
Jun 26, 2011
Metro Forward: how you turn a transit agency around
Jun 26, 2011
Sustaining signage systems
Jun 24, 2011
How do we show the value of HSR?
Jun 22, 2011
Tar River Transit: not the 'alternative'
Jun 21, 2011
WMATA releases NextBus predictions; introduces another proprietary format
Jun 9, 2011
Locational privacy in open payment
Jun 9, 2011
More weekend closures, less single-tracking for Metrorail
Jun 7, 2011
Station names are about system usability, not neighborhood identity
Jun 3, 2011
Using shortDOIs automatically in BibDesk
May 27, 2011
GTFS direction_id on loops
May 23, 2011
Updates to tph.py
May 17, 2011
Announcing aerodb
May 13, 2011
Rider feedback for transit systems: the good and the bad
May 11, 2011
Looking at PATH's service with GTFS data
May 9, 2011
A Python script for visualizing GTFS data
May 9, 2011
Visualizing transit service levels using GTFS data
May 5, 2011
Passenger information systems for consolidated bus terminals
May 3, 2011
Notes on bi-directional signalling
Apr 29, 2011
Kermit: more than a file transfer program, a tangible link to the past
Apr 27, 2011
Where does Chromaroma's data come from?
Mar 28, 2011
Fare policy ≠ fare collection equipment
Mar 9, 2011
Verifone: Square's not the problem, but EMV is the solution
Mar 8, 2011
Your smartphone is not an AVL solution
Feb 20, 2011
Documentation for geolucidate
Feb 12, 2011
Transparency in artificial intelligence
Feb 11, 2011
FareBot: reading ORCA cards on Android
Feb 8, 2011
What can you do in 300 ms?
Feb 4, 2011
MultiStreamer, a work in progress
Jan 26, 2011
Software package updates
Jan 20, 2011
Metrorail station codes
Jan 19, 2011
Starbucks mobile payment: neat, but not novel
Dec 24, 2010
The case of the not-so-electronic application
Dec 23, 2010
First airports, now airlines
Dec 2, 2010
More free airport data
Nov 23, 2010
Cheap airport data
Oct 12, 2010
BBC transport article ignores the facts
Oct 5, 2010
Librelist: where ideology trumps usability
Sep 28, 2010
A novel method for inserting elements in text with lxml
Sep 6, 2010
Reviewing WMATA’s Transparent Metro Data Sets initiative
Sep 2, 2010
Updates to geolucidate
Aug 30, 2010
XML misconceptions harm interoperability
Aug 26, 2010
A tool for evaluating academic programs
Aug 23, 2010
Notes on the design of student information systems
Jul 20, 2010
Announcing geolucidate