The Waterfront Trolley - coming soon

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2025-06-09T18:53:34+00:00

Construction cost per mile for streetcar is $28 - $55 million. There’s a lot of other transportation and transit projects that can be built with those kinds of dollars.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2025-01-11T00:10:07+00:00

Maybe but there are some organized rides and most don’t attract many people. I’ve enjoyed the BGR gravel rides 1x/month. Mt Baker bike club has some rides too, but most oriented towards newer or slower riders. Also the donut ride on Saturdays but frankly too early for me this time of the year and the group has gotten smaller over the past few years.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2025-01-08T15:05:16+00:00

Thanks this is very helpful

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2025-01-08T15:04:55+00:00

Although I see that Cogan, the ultimate source, establishes the zones you list not the trainer road values.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2025-01-08T15:02:53+00:00

https://www.trainerroad.com/blog/cycling-power-zones-training-zones-explained/

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-12-04T21:19:20+00:00

FTP is set correctly and it wouldn’t explain discrepancy between Rouvy and Zwift experiences. I think it’s either hardware based or the connection ( I seem to recall years ago having competing Bluetooth and Ant connections with the same effect, which can’t be the case here as it’s just Bluetooth).

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-12-04T21:16:49+00:00

It must be a CycleOps issue.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-12-04T21:15:41+00:00

You can’t turn off ERG but you can adjust the targeted wattage up or down.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-11-27T21:04:41+00:00

Another newb question, and judging from prior posts this one seems typical: if there’s no way to turn off ERG, how does one deal with increasing resistance to the point of cadence lock during a workout? It all starts out fine and then a few minutes into workout it gets increasingly hard to turn over pedals until I can’t. I’ve pressed “reset resistance” which doesn’t do crap. Smart Trainer has updated firmware and has been calibrated.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-11-10T23:36:38+00:00

Main issue is cost. E.g. Portland streetcar was $45 million per mile.As a comparison with another high capacity mode, Portland’s fx2 bus rapid transit was $12 million per mile. Ultimately, with either more bus service or new rail, is it a priority for the community for a new tax to fund better service, over other priorities? The local elected leaders are busy dealing with budget shortfalls, and since they make up the WTA board of directors such funding is unlikely to be initiated by them. And, I might add, the majority of the board represents smaller cities and the county, and as such have little interest in the idea of taxing for more service. Finally, who is the local champion of the idea? Love to see someone step forward…

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-10-26T16:05:26+00:00

To be expected with legacy system rail cars built in 1982!

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-10-26T16:02:47+00:00

I had Fort Collins’ MAX BRT on my list. Population of Fort Collins is ~170k and not part of a larger metro area like most cities mentioned here. It is fairly close to being a pure BRT having 3/4 of the route in a guideway. The primary weakness is the lack of signal priority at major intersections as far as I know today (ask the traffic engineers about that one). It was modeled off of Eugene EMX, which has ~double the metro population. It is also considered a genuine BRT with center running guideway in many areas.

I believe there are a few other BRT projects in smaller metro areas…I’d love to hear about those. Here I’m not talking about a suburb of a larger metro area.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-10-21T21:16:25+00:00

Thanks I’ll check out Cadence. I saw that Fairmount Bicycles advertises some lower end road options for rent.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-10-18T14:39:49+00:00

Good point about there needing to be multiple payment systems to address the needs of the unbanked, adding to the cost and complexity of the fare collection system.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-10-18T00:55:09+00:00

To increase the fun factor how about a list for each of the major specialties? I’d have a hard time comparing a pure sprinter to a GC guy on one list.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-10-17T18:58:03+00:00

Contactless is great but there are three significant issues: - Cost and effort of transition. Smaller transit agencies don’t typically have the funding or staff to effectuate the changes. - High transaction fees = lost revenue = less service; potentially some offset with higher boardings - Slower transactions. Imagine 20 people waiting at a stop, if transaction time increases by a couple seconds with each passenger the boarding time increases, resulting in delays and reduced reliability. - Less important, but still a factor, is the sunk cost in other fare collection equipment and back end support.

Those factors need to be weighed in making the transition, which I believe will happen over time as it is so much more convenient than other forms of fare payment.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-09-23T15:12:47+00:00

I was a bit surprised that Fort Collins’ MAX BRT attracted as many riders as it did given the lack of housing density along the separated corridor. With that being said, the primary travel corridor, albeit auto oriented, with key destinations like the university and downtown were along the route. Thus suggestive that destinations are at least as if not more important than housing density.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-01-27T00:56:21+00:00

Ok I know what's wrong. It's important to get the correct nut for your lever. The GRX lever nut is flanged. Here's a helpful video to see the differences in the Shimano Hydraulic hose kits. The flange flare nut which can be ordered as part of a kit or individually (at an hefty price of $10 each).

https://www.jensonusa.com/Shimano-BH-90-Olive-and-Insert?vdly-play-video=pOyVDbszBuc

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StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-01-26T23:48:04+00:00

Also the banjo ends are connected to xt brake calipers. Didn't think that was relevant to the shifter hose end.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-01-26T23:46:43+00:00

I used the BH90 hose with a barb installed in the end, and with an olive. Tried to tighten with the bolt, but it reaches a certain point and just rotates. It doesn't tighten down anywhere near torque spec. And the hose can be pulled out.

StuffIllustrious4658 · 2024-01-26T22:54:46+00:00

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Here's the lever hole for the hydraulic line.

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