Just spent better part of a week in San Diego where SDMTS runs 10 minute headway trunk service into downtown and key trolley stops in neighborhoods 2x as far from downtown as we are in E Bay and half the density. And they do this with a fraction of the operating costs. 😭

Yeah the 18 is now experiencing the debilitating conditions of the 33. But the Oakland Ave section of the 33 was not spared as it was inexplicably Frankenstein'd into the 88.

Anything running through downtown Oak gets a chaos element that guarantees the other half of trip gets way off schedule.

Last time I used it (circa 2015) the console had this concept of "blades" that slid from either side of the screen in layers that, iirc, was inspired by the curved panels from Xbox 360. It was epically bad and I wonder if it looks awesome today through the rose colored lens of retro UI.

On the other side east bound there is even a bus stop!

Both a hilarious edge case and one Big N should have frothed at mouth planning for - seeing as they love reselling their hardware to their fans.

This works for "cheaper" residents like DINKs. I think if we start building like this with 3BR units so people can have and raise families they start wanting other services like parks and libraries and schools which are expensive.

If this is what it takes to get to autonomous trains, I'm ready

Yeah but that McDonald's ice cream cone is fantastic when the wind goes below 900mph

Sorry to hear. From driveway in Oakland or out and about? Things in my area have gotten much better since last year even.

Of all the above, this is the most absurd.

75% of the town is roadway or parking 🅿️!

What was surreal was that I was speaking w/ an OakDOT staff member during this who was explaining to me the road would be physically unable to handle the sheer volume of drop offs during AM rush hour.

FWIW when we did the Broadway temporary roadway diet to 1 lane in front of Oakland Tech and added a xwalk where a student was hit, the road was able to take the crush of hundreds of drop offs occurring simultaneously without any severe back up nor delays to the 51A.

I would be curious who activates the ALPR - like, if there is a vehicle engaged in a traffic infraction, does the bus driver then trigger the ALPR to capture the license?

Did they get it via ALPR on bus or a traffic officer?

Hedgehogs one of the few fast enough to chase down a rare 12 bus actually running its route these days

What is this getting turned into? Giant shipping warehouse right?

I relied on the 51, 6, and 18 during that period. Started taking the 33 regularly in 2019. It wasn't great back then but it's gotten worse in the last 2-3 years, post pandemic. The 33 in particular has taken a nosedive compared to 2019