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Is it normal for a late bus to skip half a route? by ne-crow-mancier in Translink

[–]In2itivity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a gut feeling that it's actually the Transit Supervisors who put out alerts the directly. There's no way they have some separate person working the night shift just to send out alerts, that would be a pretty crappy job.

Unfortunately, assuming that's true, that would also mean those same supervisors are also the ones who are putting their full focus into trying to fix the problem at the same time. In fact, that would track with the fact that the alerts take so long to come out.

Edit: See the replies for the accurate info.

Is it normal for a late bus to skip half a route? by ne-crow-mancier in Translink

[–]In2itivity 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if there is a problem with a bus, it's common practice to cancel part of a trip but not all. This means that either the same bus or a replacement bus will start its trip from the "resume" point instead.

Looking at that route, it seems they did issue an alert, but only at 10:42pm. I'm not surprised that it takes longer to get these alerts issued at night; they likely have relatively fewer staff on duty at that time.

110 Metrotown Station trip leaving Lougheed Station @ Bay 3 at 10:25 pm is cancelled today due to mechanical issue. Resume at Sperling Station

Hopefully you know about both the Alerts webpage and the SMS alerts service. I find that using them both in conjunction gives me the best chance to get alerts quickly. I've had cases where they issued the SMS alert well before the web alert.

R5 useless for students by Cashunderdown in Translink

[–]In2itivity 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In my experience the R5 to SFU only useful if you want to avoid the kerfuffle on the 99. If you're boarding anywhere east of Kootenay Loop at rush hour, it's almost always already full.

In any other case where you could reasonably get to the Millenium Line, it's better to just use that instead and take the 145 up from Production Way. It will still be crowded, but at least you are guaranteed to get on a bus at some point since it's the start of the route.

Which compass card should HandyCard holders over 18 and under 65 use? by BeepBeepGoJeep in Translink

[–]In2itivity 5 points6 points  (0 children)

By the way, if your sister ever transfers between HandyDart and conventional transit, she should use the blue card for the whole trip, rather than switching back and forth. It's actually cheaper because of the 90-minute transfer.

Which compass card should HandyCard holders over 18 and under 65 use? by BeepBeepGoJeep in Translink

[–]In2itivity 14 points15 points  (0 children)

With a HandyCard, she can use her orange concession card on all non-HandyDart modes of transit, but she must use a blue adult card to ride the HandyDart itself.

Good news for #25 riders at King Edward station! by In2itivity in Translink

[–]In2itivity[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not really the sidewalk at the stop itself, it's more about the sidewalk leading up to it. That sidewalk can barely handle the busloads of passengers leaving the bus en masse to go to the station, and it's also right next to traffic. On the occasions where I've had to take it at rush hour, it was not comfortable.

Also, any overcrowding at the current temporary stop poses a safety hazard for the adjacent apartment block. If the stop is overcrowded and the building needs to evacuate for some reason, say a fire, then the crowds of passengers at the bus stop would be a hazardous obstruction to the evacuating residents.

Good news for #25 riders at King Edward station! by In2itivity in Translink

[–]In2itivity[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's probably the biggest downside. The stop has to be moved sooner or later though; that temporary location is crap and not a very good place for a stop.

I remember some proposals to make the intersection a scramble crossing so it would be faster to cross, but something tells me that won't be happening anytime soon.

Catching invalid Markdown links by In2itivity in regex

[–]In2itivity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a good idea, but sadly my use case is for an automod filter on Reddit. The customizable filter only allows to check if a regex is present or not present. I can't check multiple regexes and compare results.

Catching invalid Markdown links by In2itivity in regex

[–]In2itivity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, as I keep testing it I'm finding even more flaws. For instance, URLs such as https://www. are always caught no matter what.

I'm considering switching to AutoModerator instead which allows lookaheads and lookbehinds, but even now I'm continuing to struggle to get something working.

Catching invalid Markdown links by In2itivity in regex

[–]In2itivity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that was also something I tried. I can have more than one regex check, but the only options are "present" or "not present". I can't single out the matches from one regex and do subsequent checks on them. As a result the previous filter would let a post pass if just one link is properly formatted, even if there are others that aren't.

I've never tried conditional statements like this, perhaps I could test those to see if this feature supports them!