Comments on: Mobile Technology & Public Transport

By: Ethan Tucker

Ethan Tucker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:16:49 +0000

I agree it’s a positive boon, but I still nurse an ambition to somehow sabotage the inevitable plans to bring wireless and mobile coverage to the Underground. It’s one of the few small pleasures of commuter life to observe some twerp prattling on their mobile when the tube goes from an open line to subterranean. The look of confusion and loss when the signal cuts out on their Vital Conversation is worth the fare alone.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:32:13 +0000

Ingolfson, I certainly don’t use my mobile technology to do more work

By: Willuknight

Willuknight — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:11:03 +0000

It’s great, one of the best things about taking a 40min bus ride to work rather then a 20min drive was reading a book on my cellphone. Unfortunately i had to start driving again, as the bus didn’t get there until 5min after i was supposed to start work.

By: Scott M

Scott M — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:31:37 +0000

Well with the driving skills of some of our bus drivers, it pays to keep your eyes on the road, not a book

By: ingolfson

ingolfson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:12:42 +0000

Why mobile technology? Why work even more??? The main advantage of public transport remains being able to read a good book. Well, if that doesn’t make you sick, I guess

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:29:00 +0000

I don’t get the departures info shown on the Flyer, it’s for planes that are leaving within the next 30 min and if you are still on the Flyer in town 30 min before your plane is leaving that’s a problem…

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:19:37 +0000

TopCat, I caught that bus early last year… don’t think they had upgraded them yet.

By: TopCat

TopCat — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:08:58 +0000

On an unrelated topic, have you been on Wellington’s airport bus? They have the air departures board on the bus. Certainly makes gettig to the airport less stressful

By: Uroskin

Uroskin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:21:44 +0000

On the Waiheke ferry it’s a common sight that people do productive work on their laptops (or play games/write emails/etc). Fullers doesn’t provide a wi-fi hotspot on board, unfortunately, and cellphone coverage can conk out on the harbour (despite the floating container adverts). And the number of powerpoints to plug into is severely limited.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:01:01 +0000

If it weren’t for mobile connectivity, my trial that started last November (see my blog) to try to use PT as my main means of getting around for my small business would never have got past November.

Being able to whip out my laptop and get online while moving – on the train or ferry, and after I’d replaced a couple of parts, on the bus too) has turned a lot of PT trips into productive time. Being able to do this has more than made up for increased off-peak travel time.

Last week I fixed a phone fault in Northcote while waiting for a train at Kingsland (it was late).

Being productive while on the move is me stealing Joyce’s favourite phrase “time savings” and applying it to public transport