Nextbus Observations

RideOn5905 · June 23, 2012, 04:07:17 PM

2607 is back at FMR. (EDIT: It was red. Metro, do you think maybe you could make up your mind?)

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<vehicle id="2607" lat="38.842789" lon="-77.053841" secsSinceReport="10931" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

2636 is next in line.

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<vehicle id="2636" lat="38.923145" lon="-76.970436" secsSinceReport="63" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

Speaking of the new scheme, I wonder if 2665 will be getting MetroExtra logos...

RideOn5905 · June 24, 2012, 02:54:40 PM

2562 on the 5A.

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<vehicle id="2562" routeTag="5A" dirTag="5A_5A_0" lat="38.949516" lon="-77.346687" secsSinceReport="60" predictable="true" heading="105" speedKmHr="109.404"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · June 25, 2012, 10:04:52 AM

2650 and 2676 are at Davidsonville Park & Ride.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2012.">
<vehicle id="2650" lat="38.959034" lon="-76.6507419" secsSinceReport="35" predictable="false" heading="120" speedKmHr="12.852"/>
</body>

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<vehicle id="2676" lat="38.959309" lon="-76.651306" secsSinceReport="200" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

2634 is at Bladensburg.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2012.">
<vehicle id="2634" routeTag="23A" lat="38.9223209" lon="-76.971207" secsSinceReport="8612" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · June 29, 2012, 11:27:43 AM

2678 finally back online; it is indeed back at Four Mile Run.

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<vehicle id="2678" lat="38.841717" lon="-77.053703" secsSinceReport="6495" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

2563 and 3034 (I doubt they'll MetroExtra the baby buses) are both also back online.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2012.">
<vehicle id="2563" lat="38.8437539" lon="-77.053734" secsSinceReport="13" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="1.584"/>
</body>

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<vehicle id="3034" lat="38.921936" lon="-76.971062" secsSinceReport="182036" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

And one more thing I forgot: 6127 is back at Annex.

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<vehicle id="6127" lat="38.872162" lon="-76.933052" secsSinceReport="9788" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

NewFlyer9736BCT · July 02, 2012, 09:51:54 AM

5306 is finally back!

<vehicle id="5306" routeTag="70" dirTag="70_70_1" lat="38.994259" lon="-77.029167" secsSinceReport="640" predictable="true" heading="103" speedKmHr="0.0"/>

As for the Orion VIIs, nothing seems to have come back to service yet...

RideOn5905 · July 02, 2012, 03:02:04 PM

...until now. 2650 and 2727 are back at FMR.

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<vehicle id="2650" lat="38.8437539" lon="-77.054153" secsSinceReport="109" predictable="false" heading="270" speedKmHr="8.028"/>
</body>

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2012.">
<vehicle id="2727" lat="38.843971" lon="-77.053703" secsSinceReport="61" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

And taking their respective place in line: 2625 and 2635.

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<vehicle id="2625" lat="38.923832" lon="-76.9702609" secsSinceReport="8494" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2012.">
<vehicle id="2635" routeTag="16G" lat="38.923832" lon="-76.970299" secsSinceReport="8503" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

NewFlyer9736BCT · July 03, 2012, 08:41:27 AM

So it looks like no more non-rehabbed 2620s and 2630s will be running the streets. Besides that, looks like they're REALLY trying to get the JDs out of the way, seeing as there's only one 40-ft non-JD in rehab (2528).
Also, we should definitely be in the 1600s now, there are three new rehabs back and only two spaces left in the 1500s, I look forward to getting them rehab numbers on Thursday

NewFlyer9736BCT · July 06, 2012, 05:00:21 PM

2676 is back at FMR

<vehicle id="2676" lat="38.842926" lon="-77.05265" secsSinceReport="677" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>

and replacing it at Bladensburg is fellow REX bus 2674

<vehicle id="2674" lat="38.923172" lon="-76.970436" secsSinceReport="310" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>

RideOn5905 · July 07, 2012, 10:39:35 AM

2628 has also returned.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2012.">
<vehicle id="2628" lat="38.843063" lon="-77.0539469" secsSinceReport="32" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="1.584"/>
</body>

2654 has taken its place in line.

<body copyright="All data copyright WMATA Washington 2012.">
<vehicle id="2654" lat="38.923309" lon="-76.970436" secsSinceReport="9352" predictable="false" heading="-4" speedKmHr="0.0"/>
</body>

RideOn5905 · July 10, 2012, 10:00:01 AM

"Apache Tomcat/6.0.29 - Error Report"

Don't tell me they've changed the URL again...

79MetroExtraMD · July 10, 2012, 10:13:39 AM

Nextbus is trying to get agencies to release their public feeds. Metro is being so blunt about using their API which is spotty at best instead of doing it through Nextbus.

NewFlyer9736BCT · July 10, 2012, 08:44:24 PM

Great, just great, back to the dark ages we go...
I really hope this can get resolved soon, the dark ages was no fun

NewFlyer9736BCT · July 14, 2012, 04:28:10 PM

Now this isn't as good as Nextbus, but here's a link for y'all to look at, under "routeID" you can put a route and it will show what buses are on it, otherwise if you leave it blank, it will show every bus in the system that's running.

http://api.wmata.com/Bus.svc/BusPositions?routeId=&api_key=etgnvtnbpnpj32s8ztdjsujf

That said, it looks like 2626 is back from rehab

<BusPosition><DateTime>2012-07-14T16:19:08</DateTime><Deviation>-1.25</Deviation><DirectionNum>1</DirectionNum><DirectionText>EAST</DirectionText><Lat>38.883244</Lat><Lon>-77.136688</Lon><RouteID>2C</RouteID><TripEndTime>1753-01-01T16:25:00</TripEndTime><TripHeadsign>BALLSTON STATION</TripHeadsign><TripID>4046_22</TripID><TripStartTime>1753-01-01T15:39:00</TripStartTime><VehicleID>2626</VehicleID></BusPosition>

NewFlyer9736BCT · July 15, 2012, 06:48:59 PM

2725 is back

<BusPosition><DateTime>2012-07-15T18:46:01</DateTime><Deviation>-2.53</Deviation><DirectionNum>1</DirectionNum><DirectionText>EAST</DirectionText><Lat>38.870373</Lat><Lon>-77.154221</Lon><RouteID>28A</RouteID><TripEndTime>1753-01-01T19:15:00</TripEndTime><TripHeadsign>KING ST STATION</TripHeadsign><TripID>3991_23</TripID><TripStartTime>1753-01-01T18:10:00</TripStartTime><VehicleID>2725</VehicleID></BusPosition>

NewFlyer9736BCT · July 17, 2012, 10:42:52 PM

so it looks like 4324 is back at Montgomery

<DateTime>2012-07-17T22:34:17</DateTime><Deviation>-38.57</Deviation><DirectionNum>0</DirectionNum><DirectionText>WEST</DirectionText><Lat>39.055943</Lat><Lon>-77.082222</Lon><RouteID>C2v2</RouteID><TripEndTime>1753-01-01T21:56:00</TripEndTime><TripHeadsign>RANDOLPH RD & PARKLAWN DR</TripHeadsign><TripID>12244_21</TripID><TripStartTime>1753-01-01T20:49:00</TripStartTime><VehicleID>4324</VehicleID>

Also, about the Orion VIIs, let's do a roll call of the unrehabbed ones that are in service right now. The ones not listed may be just sitting at FMR, have a non-working GPS for now, or have gone to Bburg to replace the recent rehabs. So here goes, those buses not in rehab yet (for sure) are as follows:
2507, 2510, 2519, 2520, 2522, 2524, 2549, 2552, 2563, 2569, 2572, 2573, 2579, 2595, 2600, 2614, 2616, 2648, 2649, 2655, 2658, 2660, 2663, 2666, 2673, 2677, 2721, 2729, 3005, 3008, 3009, 3014, 3020, 3026

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