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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
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Port-Authority-Transit
An Information Science Solution to Pittsburgh Public Transit Woes
Bob Firth, Informing Design
"The Long Squiggly Line That's Killing Our Transit System and an Information Science Solution"
February 21, 2007, 3:30 pm
Room 501, 135 N. Bellefield Ave
School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
The recent proposed cuts to funding of the Pittsburgh Authority
Transit system have led Bob Firth and his company, Informing Design,
to consider a […]
Port Authority Transit is Riding Me
Somebody at Port Authority Transit must have a screw loose.
Port Authority transit cutbacks are biggest in history
The series of bus and trolley changes include eliminating:
124 of 213 weekday bus routes.
55 of 100 Saturday bus routes.
26 of 75 Sunday and holiday bus routes.
Light-rail service would be trimmed by cutting hours of operation and increasing the time […]
The Bus Stops Here (or At Least It Used To)
Ed Rendell seemingly did a terrific job as mayor of Philadelphia. Aside from his pro-choice stance on abortion, I thought he could do a good job as governor of Pennsylvania. Perhaps I was wrong. He's really screwing the pooch on this public transportation cutback. He's being very "un-Democrat".
