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  1. @joulespersecond @WhichBus probably because I'm not maintaining that piece anymore.
  2. @VeloBusDriver yep, still working for the transit team. Glad to hear you found it useful!
  3. @kmoondawg @anowheels Moolisa thought you should see this: anyclip.com/movies/an-amer…
  4. @ColinFrei also check out APIs from NYC MTA bustime.mta.info/wiki/Developer…, Chicago CTA transitchicago.com/developers/bus…, Portland TriMet developer.trimet.org/ws_docs/
  5. @ColinFrei you might look at the OneBusAway API: developer.onebusaway.org/modules/onebus… - powered by GTFS and GTFS-realtime on the backend
  6. @ColinFrei GTFS and GTFS-realtime are definitely more useful at low-level data transfer specs that power a high level API
  7. @ColinFrei it was sleeping in and lazy breakfast for me this morning. However, I'm happy to talk about GTFS and GTFS-realtime at any time.
  8. Are you a transit nerd like me? Going to be at SXSWi? Come check out our panel on rider communication next Monday: schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/ev…
  9. Part Four: GTFS-realtime and high-level vs low-level APIs: plus.google.com/b/116552831948…
  10. Part 3: Working with GTFS-realtime vehicle positions: plus.google.com/b/116552831948…
  11. Part 2: Working with GTFS-realtime trip updates: plus.google.com/b/116552831948…
  12. Working with GTFS-realtime service alert data - a tutorial: plus.google.com/b/116552831948…
  13. @scilib also check out more GTFS-realtime and SIRI tools from the @onebusaway project: code.google.com/p/onebusaway/w…
  14. @scilib there are tools to go from SIRI => GTFS-realtime: developer.onebusaway.org/modules/onebus…
  15. TransportationCampDC recap: plus.google.com/11655283194852… #transpo
  16. btw I tend to share transit-specific posts at my G+ page since not everything fits in 140 chars plus.google.com/11655283194852… #transpo
  17. Psyched for TranspoCamp DC this morning. I already ran into some fellow #transpo nerds at the Starbucks a block N of the site. Come say hi!
  18. I'm excited to be headed to DC this weekend for @TranspoCamp - I'm looking forward to lots of nerdy transit-hacking discussions #transpo
  19. For all you transit hackers: Looking for documentation on GTFS and GTFS-realtime? There's a new URL for that! developers.google.com/transit/
  20. @songchilde I pretty much gave up on Twitter. I don't find it all that useful any more. I'm all in on G+ but feel free to be skeptical.