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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Sep 27 11:27:20 2026, in response to Re: Preventing 12-9's, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Sun Sep 27 07:18:25 2026. I was invited, in the sense that I'm on the mailing list of two of the sponsoring organizations. There are many webinars and in person conferences about transportation and related topics that I attend. Some are free and others cost money to attend. The sponsors are mostly academic institutions, government agencies, publications and not for profits. I do get satisfaction from keeping up with technology.There are also unconferences, where attendees make the presentations. I've made several presentations at unconferences. My subjects have been about CBTC, NYC bus speeds, the IBX and calculating average vehicle speeds in NYC. They've been quite technical, with the emphasis on methodology. There's a scheduled unconference in a few weeks. I'm working on a presentation that compares NYC bus speeds and stop spacing with buses in other cities. (Hint - NYC bus performance fares a lot better in comparison to other large cities than redesign advocates would have us believe. The presentation emphasis will be on finding data and methodology to reach this conclusion.) I've attended many yearly conferences on autonomous vehicles (AV's) and connected autonomous vehicles (CAV's). The material has progressed from the theoretical to actual implementations. The presentations have progressed from academics to small companies that are trying to sell their products. The company that mentioned the app to avoid track intrusions on the CTA mentioned many more applications that concerned rubber tire vehicles on public highways. I mentioned this application because 12-9's are a continuing problem that appears to stump the MTA. Their 100% solutions have been centered on platform doors that are prohibitively expensive for retrofit. Prohibitive cost has been a perennial excuse for the MTA to do nothing. Their partial solution has avoided using new technology. I thought it important to mention that other organizations have found solutions that embrace new technology. |
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