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Planning multi-modal trips (Bike, Bus and Train) is complex stuff.

Last Thursday I had an event to attend at the Writers Guild near the Farmers Market in LA. I work in Studio City during the week.

So I just started the route planning at the nearby Subway station and that worked: short bike ride, one train ride and a bus to get there. $3.50

But when I got there I discovered that I could have ridden in the other direction to Laurel Canyon and just taken a direct bus there. $1.75 and probably less time.

I wonder if there are enough multi-modal commuters to justify building an app based on the Google routing stuff?

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Originally Posted by acidfast7 (Post 20530952)

Brompton with bag.

Which is what I was using. It's the route planning that's the issue.

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Originally Posted by bikingbill (Post 20531298)

Which is what I was using. It's the route planning that's the issue.

Why, all the transit maps/routes should be publicly available.

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Originally Posted by acidfast7 (Post 20532016)

Why, all the transit maps/routes should be publicly available.

The LA Bus system is pretty complex. Not all the buses run all the time.

For me, different city, the busses run too too spread out to be practical. We have light rail that's timely but little coverage. I'll do bike, or bike rail in some cases,but adding in bus is worse than just biking. I grew up using paper schedules, the apps are convenient, but there was something about having all the routes memorized back in the day.

Planning multi-modal trips (Bike, Bus and Train) is complex stuff.

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Originally Posted by bikingbill (Post 20530794)

Last Thursday I had an event to attend at the Writers Guild near the Farmers Market in LA. I work in Studio City during the week….

I wonder if there are enough multi-modal commuters to justify building an app based on the Google routing stuff?

I have described Metro Boston as:

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 20140104)

Boston is probably one of the most Car-free cities in the world, and having a car is often detrimental. We live near the transportation hub of Kenmore Square...

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 20193498)

I have previously described my bike-only commute:I can easily incorporate the Commuter Rail since as an off-peak commuter I can take my bike on the train. The station near my home is about 1.5 miles away, and the station near work is about 0.1 mile away; those distances would be the minimum.

A shortcut for the usual distance is to take a different line from the home station to a station about six miles from work. Very often I take the train home in the evening.

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Originally Posted by acidfast7 (Post 20532016)

Why, all the transit maps/routes should be publicly available.

In my informal Cyclists Guide to Metro Boston, I posted, FYA:

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 9085402)

... the Transportation Authority (MBTA) allows [fully assembled] bikes on subways and commuter trains [and buses] with certain restrictions and that's a nice way to get out of town without city riding. MBTA > Riding the T > Bikes on the T

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 19401814)

I often tout Boston as the epitome of LCF/LCL [Living Car Free / Car Light] in America,not to brag, but illustrate the possibilities…

Location, location, location.

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 20533776)

Planning multi-modal trips (Bike, Bus and Train) is complex stuff.I have described Metro Boston as: In my informal Cyclists Guide to Metro Boston, I posted, FYA:

On the train that allows bikes "off-peak", what's the policy for folding bikes? Can they be taken on the train during peak commuting times?

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Originally Posted by bikingbill (Post 20534617)

On the train that allows bikes "off-peak", what's the policy for folding bikes? Can they be taken on the train during peak commuting times?

Can be taken any time:

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Originally Posted by MBTA

Street bikes are not allowed on the T during rush hours, and they’re never allowed on the Green Line or Mattapan Trolley...Folding bikes are allowed on all services at all times if they’re completely folded.

Motorized bikes and vehicles are not allowed on the T at any time

"Street bikes" remain fully assembled.

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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston (Post 20534646)

Can be taken any time:"Street bikes" remain fully assembled.

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Amtrak used to have bike hooks on the San Diego -> LA (and beyond) routes. Now they require "bike reservations."

That and the need to deal with buses on occasion is why I'm on my folder from Monday to Friday.