tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post6909054991734020090..comments2023-11-02T04:23:00.400-06:00Comments on Cyclelicious: Northbound and Southbound Caltrain delayed todayYokota Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-45426569369928242452008-07-16T12:49:00.000-06:002008-07-16T12:49:00.000-06:00Yup, ravi is excellent.I thought I was set up to t...Yup, ravi is excellent.<BR/><BR/>I thought I was set up to test out the SMS update, but it didn't work.<BR/><BR/>Will keep trying, though I'll only be good on days like today, when things get really snarled.<BR/><BR/>San Mateo is a bit too sedate otherwise...<BR/><BR/>Too bad I couldn't wait around to see the 324/226 monster train! I've seen them do 10 car trains for MLK day, and that's a sight to behold.gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822910943216900056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-80611779644293082852008-07-16T12:46:00.000-06:002008-07-16T12:46:00.000-06:00Ravi Pina is trying to figure out how to do update...Ravi Pina is trying to figure out how to do updates by SMS. Of course, the real answer is to get CALTRAIN to send this stuff out. <BR/><BR/>The way I look at it, get as many people to use/contribute to the twitter feed and start to embarrass Caltrain. When the "324 is broken down" tweet came out I mentioned to the conductor "Thanks for letting me on - the 324 has broken down at San Bruno and I would have been stuck". I showed him the SMS stream on my Iphone, he looked at me like I was Zoltar the Magnificent.murphstahoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378354136823393492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-48419218973167614702008-07-16T12:20:00.000-06:002008-07-16T12:20:00.000-06:00South bound horrendous today - 226 never showed in...South bound horrendous today - 226 never showed in SM, and I biked all the way in, barely making my 10am appt. (And in my sweaty bike clothes at that!)<BR/><BR/>I'm still trying to figure out how to send updates to twitter/caltrain and twitter/bikecar from my cell phone. (SMS only for me!!)<BR/><BR/>I might have had better info for murph if I could have actually send my update around 8:55am as I tried!gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822910943216900056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-22422207809624271642008-07-16T11:40:00.000-06:002008-07-16T11:40:00.000-06:00I was riding South from SF towards Mountain View t...I was riding South from SF towards Mountain View this AM, usually around San Mateo I start looking at my watch and decide if I want to consider hopping a train. The tweets are very helpful in this regard, though this morning they were a bit misleading - the NB trains were delayed but I couldn't confirm if that was delaying SB trains. <BR/><BR/>I decided to try to get 322 in Redwood City. As I was rolling towards the station the train pulled in. The gate was down on Broadway and the train was emptying. Here's why you NEVER trying to run the gates - I was watching my train on the platform wondering if the gates would go up in time for me to get to the train and a NB train came screaming by - I didn't know it was coming until it was already past. Where I was standing - on the left side of the road - there really isn't a gate, there is a gate on the right side of the road and on the sidewalk. I could see someone in that circumstance spacing it out. But I digress...<BR/><BR/>After the gates came up I rode over to the train, the door closed in front of me but the conductor was standing in the other door. He opened the door for me. Good fortune as 324 - the next SB train, broke down. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. Today I was the windshield.murphstahoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378354136823393492noreply@blogger.com