HRT Foul Weather Emergency Service ("Snow Routes") - Heads Up

[raggiesoft]

I write this more as a Heads Up

HRT has come up with a Snow Route system that is not thought out, and provides very infrequent service on just a couple of corridors.

Link to Snow Routes: http://www.gohrt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/October-2014-TDCHR-Meeting-Package.pdf (starts on Page 35)
System Map I created in TransitMix (which DOES NOT include Routes 90 Ferry and 800 Light Rail due to TransitMix limitations): http://app.transitmix.net/map/45457

Most likely, bus tracking WILL NOT WORK, as these are the ONLY routes that will operate when we are forecast to have 6+ inches of snow. I'm not sure there is a way to test this, and I'm not sure the best way to handle it. I only write this Issue as a Heads Up.

@wbprice @bschoenfeld @kmcurry

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[bschoenfeld]

Thanks, Michael. This is great information and I can't thank you enough for posting it. Loving the TransitMix view.

I think the simplest thing that can work is to build in a switch that we can manually flip when this schedule goes into effect. The UI would show a warning that snow routes are in effect and link to HRT's info.

[wbprice]

If a bus is in the garage (service ended), don't display it in map views. Cc @raggiesoft