Comments on: A tale of two transit websites http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/01/20/a-tale-of-two-transit-websites/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 15:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SUBWAYblogger http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/01/20/a-tale-of-two-transit-websites/#comment-58456 SUBWAYblogger Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:30:00 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2058#comment-58456 Yeah, I mean the majority of the site is still hand coded HTML. It literally looks like there's just one guy sitting somewhere updating it. In it's current state, there's no way it is more than a one man job. The server infrastructure maintenance probably falls under the main IT folk's jurisdiction. So they just keep it up and running. And the main control ops probably have the ability to turn on/off the "Transit Alert" module when something happens during off hours. Not that the NYC.gov website is that much better, but they could at least get it up to that level. You could turn the project over to some high school kids and get a better finished product. Yeah, I mean the majority of the site is still hand coded HTML. It literally looks like there’s just one guy sitting somewhere updating it. In it’s current state, there’s no way it is more than a one man job.

The server infrastructure maintenance probably falls under the main IT folk’s jurisdiction. So they just keep it up and running.

And the main control ops probably have the ability to turn on/off the “Transit Alert” module when something happens during off hours.

Not that the NYC.gov website is that much better, but they could at least get it up to that level.

You could turn the project over to some high school kids and get a better finished product.

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/01/20/a-tale-of-two-transit-websites/#comment-58378 Alon Levy Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:36:56 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2058#comment-58378 It's not that DC is clean; it's that NY is filthy. I've been to the subway in Milan, and the tracks there are squeaky clean. It’s not that DC is clean; it’s that NY is filthy. I’ve been to the subway in Milan, and the tracks there are squeaky clean.

]]> By: Skip Skipson http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/01/20/a-tale-of-two-transit-websites/#comment-58373 Skip Skipson Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:10:16 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2058#comment-58373 I agree with article... this is not surprising from an agency that still can't let me know at the station the ETA of a train. Are you going to re-start the "rivalry" between DC transit and MTA transit? LOL. Didn't you post something about DC transit run a campaign implying that their system is cleaner (they didn't mention the MTA, but it could have been implied it was the MTA) because it didn't have rats in it? I agree with article… this is not surprising from an agency that still can’t let me know at the station the ETA of a train.

Are you going to re-start the “rivalry” between DC transit and MTA transit? LOL.

Didn’t you post something about DC transit run a campaign implying that their system is cleaner (they didn’t mention the MTA, but it could have been implied it was the MTA) because it didn’t have rats in it?

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/01/20/a-tale-of-two-transit-websites/#comment-58371 rhywun Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:32:59 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2058#comment-58371 Yeah, it's a bit 1999, isn't it? (I think that's about when it was last redesigned--I remember the change.) Yeah, it’s a bit 1999, isn’t it? (I think that’s about when it was last redesigned–I remember the change.)

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