Jeff Nolan is so right. Would love to have Wifi on my Caltrain ride to work.
Why is it that Seattle gets all this cool stuff and I can't even get a decent cell signal in the heart of Silicon Valley?
Link: Wi-Fi Networking News Archives.
The King County Metro Transit tries out Wi-Fi on a few routes: Using the locally made Junxion Box, which relays data between a Wi-Fi gateway and a 2.5G or 3G cellular network, Metro Transit will equip all buses along two long routes with Internet access—29 buses in all by mid-October.
There are actually some rumors that Caltrain folks are at least thinking about it, but nothing at the moment if you search for "Wifi" on their site.
On second thoughts, that would bring more people to ride the train and I have been refused to board one because the bike limit was reached. Was a close call this morning again. They are getting a lot of complains about it, so that they even have a Bike FAQ on their home page.
There are ways to improve the situation: Allow more than 4 bikes to a rack, allow people to use the handicapped space as long as there is no whealchair passanger on board. That would free up spaces.
Some conductors allow bikes on after the racks are full--you just have to stand with your bike. I think 4 standing room only bikes could be allowed on (always, not when conductor feels like it) without slowing down boarding.
How about a surcharge for bicyclists? We take up a lot more room than non-bicyclists.
Wifi on the train would be great overall, though I fear its impact on my productivity. The ride is when I knock out emails I really don't feel like writing, catch up on reading, etc.
Posted by: Mike Linksvayer | September 08, 2005 at 12:59