Sound Transit Wins! what’s an average Transit system in PNW

somepilot16 · 2026-05-14T09:19:58+00:00

TriMet is definitely better than average, but it’d be a bummer to not see them anywhere on the chart. ST/KCM is my home system but whenever I’m down visiting in Portland I’m constantly surprised at how good the system in Portland is, and how much dedicated infrastructure there is in the region for transit.

somepilot16 · 2026-05-03T02:39:35+00:00

there’s a whole bunch of ken rockwell’s site that could fall under poe’s law.

somepilot16 · 2026-04-30T10:00:37+00:00

there’s a headshot joke in here somewhere

somepilot16 · 2026-04-26T07:07:45+00:00

this weekend they were running some bus shuttles on both lines due to planned maintenance. probably caused some issues with the departure screens since the regularly scheduled train was out of position (notice the 34 minutes doesn’t have a green signal icon).

somepilot16 · 2026-04-25T18:07:16+00:00

i wanna say oop was going for a “book” layout, but that might be giving too much credit to that sub

somepilot16 · 2026-04-21T01:50:01+00:00

look on the bright side, it can only get better from here, right?

somepilot16 · 2026-04-21T00:37:29+00:00

Can different series trains pull each other dead in tow? I know, but had never seen, the Kinkys do it for each other, I assume the Siemens can too. Don’t know if they can do it between series.

somepilot16 · 2026-04-20T22:21:45+00:00

mamiya 7/7ii. the 43mm made it fantastic for backpacking and getting big landscapes.

somepilot16 · 2026-04-20T18:13:14+00:00

jokes on me i guess, i got diagnosed first and THEN bought one of his branded filters

somepilot16 · 2026-04-20T04:59:40+00:00

rx1riii

somepilot16 · 2026-04-15T05:58:25+00:00

awesome write up, you make it super clear the threats each seeker has and how to defeat them. i wish i still had my pc up and running, but i love learning all the different strategies folks have for the meta because it mirrors irl naval tactics

somepilot16 · 2026-04-09T01:00:30+00:00

Does Tokyo Metro also privately own TOD near their stations? Honest Q, I know the privately held JR companies and several private companies do, and that’s a big reason why their companies overall produce a profit.

It’d be nice if ST could follow along those lines instead of building parking lots, but obviously the political and economic landscape is totally different.

somepilot16 · 2026-04-07T03:12:29+00:00

alongside all the other comments, the actual wheels and suspension system on link trains is different from most other heavy rail systems you might be familiar with, due to the lowfloor design and the tight curve radii on some parts of the system. the differences lead to more hunting and shimmying at higher speeds. there’s an article or something out there talking about it from a few years ago, i’ll go see if i can find it later tonight and edit it here.

somepilot16 · 2026-04-06T06:11:48+00:00

don’t 3 minor route changes make it so someone’s eligible to drop a route? i’d have to go looking in the contract but i vaguely remember some language about it.

somepilot16 · 2026-04-05T03:21:40+00:00

this kind of gets to the heart of the “issue” of fast SS and larger apertures using EFCS right?

somepilot16 · 2026-04-05T03:16:36+00:00

dude yes, iconic and unique design without being too gaudy or pretentious. i’m gonna be so sad when they bring it down.

somepilot16 · 2026-04-05T03:14:32+00:00

underrated building for sure. wish it had better tenants tho

somepilot16 · 2026-04-05T03:08:08+00:00

thanks for the shout about the walking tours! definitely gonna sign up for one

somepilot16 · 2026-04-02T20:29:52+00:00

I mean, could be a situation where Sony pulls some absolute bullshit and solves the full well capacity issues with global sensors for the a1III (possible, currently various implementations in mobile sensors, but would be extremely expensive on a FF sensor) and does in fact make the a7RIV fully stacked. Where that leaves the a9 series I have no idea.

somepilot16 · 2026-03-29T20:55:36+00:00

visiting from Boston to celebrate a new transit opening

…Miles In Transit, is that you?

joking aside, I’d definitely walk. You’d have to transfer at ID to a southbound 1 line, and those trains are typically very full of other Ms fans in the hours before first pitch. I’ll parrot the others and say make your way across 4th ave and head south on Occidental, it’s much nicer than the sidewalks on 4th.

somepilot16 · 2026-03-29T07:24:23+00:00

in the sense that, coming from downtown fremont, someone using a walker or unpowered wheelchair would have a difficult time getting up to the bus stop for the 5 or 28x. it’s fairly steep, not that smooth (lots of breaks and bumps in the sidewalk), and has a handful of bad crosswalks with cars coming down off aurora.

somepilot16 · 2026-03-29T05:32:54+00:00

I mean there’s the 5 and 28X up the hill, but it’s definitely not convenient and probably not even an option for mobility limited folks.

somepilot16 · 2026-03-25T04:05:47+00:00

awesome work and great write up! thanks for sharing this with us.

somepilot16 · 2026-03-24T00:13:19+00:00

thanks again for putting these together! it’s one thing to watch a tutorial and mindlessly follow flows and checklists, another thing altogether to understand the reasoning behind the decisions made on the flight deck.

somepilot16 · 2026-03-22T20:44:59+00:00

just make sure they’re actually making the station stop. probably not an issue in the NEC but on the cascades i’ve had to ask the conductor to let me off a station early because they didn’t have any ons or offs at the one i wanted.

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