tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27851011.post6048983852298006440..comments2023-10-23T12:53:30.487-07:00Comments on 295bus: Enter and Exit Doors on CalTrain Bike CarsNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11276619955553290726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27851011.post-32329617232452864602008-06-06T15:42:00.000-07:002008-06-06T15:42:00.000-07:00I've experience one conductor enforce this and it ...I've experience one conductor enforce this and it was a disaster. Pulling into Palo Alto, 8 bikes had to go from one side to the other through the seats. This was very tricky so nobody could board through this side - the "entry" side. <BR/><BR/>I was complaining on the train one day about how of all the simple ideas Caltrain could implement to improve their service for almost no money - this is what they came up with. Amusingly, someone who was boarding and heard me talking about the signs - but not that I thought they were a horrible idea - waddled up and said "That was my idea! Caltrain actually listened!"<BR/><BR/>ARGH!<BR/><BR/>Here are ideas I think are good.<BR/><BR/>"Bikes board first on the bike car". People without bikes will sero-sort to car #2 and reduce overall dwell time.<BR/><BR/>"Dispatcher twitters 2 bike car trains 30 minutes before departure. Trains subject to last minute changes." Certainly the dispatcher has a computer with web access.<BR/><BR/>I saw something that sums up Caltrain's ability to adopt "high-tech" solutions. There is an ad for a special train to a concert at AT&T park on their signboards at the station. Only it says "AT*centsign*T park", not AT*ampersand*T park. Their signboards don't even have a character for ampersand. This in Silicon Valley. They probably paid millions for sign boards with the capability of a Senior Project for someone's BSEE.murphstahoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378354136823393492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27851011.post-34497243583689294712008-06-05T16:32:00.000-07:002008-06-05T16:32:00.000-07:00I saw those new stickers. The conductors I've spok...I saw those new stickers. The conductors I've spoken with think this new arrangement is kind of ridiculous.Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.com