Jerry Schippa

I hate when those mean traffic engineers make me push a button. Everything shpuld be recalled and fixed time! Look at this aweful delay! youtube.com/shorts/kgCc6...

Have fun down there Packers

I hate the Packers almost as much as I hate the Lions shooting themselves in the foot

Spent the day setting up two new cabinets...rode past some bike detectors on said project afterwards.

youtu.beCan Bus Rapid Transit Really Replace Trains?YouTube video by Car Free Keith

@carfreekeith.bsky.social covers Madison BRT. But man oh man, TSP remains to be something widely not understood. I will stand toe to toe with the best systems out there and defend Madisons TSP system as one of the better ones with Minneapolis and Portland. youtu.be/Q3EeP7kGo-A?...

youtu.beMilwaukee - Sprecher (late night red rest) YouTube video by Jerry Schippa

Recorded some thoughts on late night rest in red operations at a new signal while out and about collecting street lighting level data. youtu.be/0VJ0_BLNdc4?...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Susan Collins explains in detail why her fraudulent donor had to create a shell company in order to send her his illegal payments JACKSON: And that's why Mr. Kao created a shell company to run his corporation, PACs, through to get to Sen. Collins's PAC COLLINS: And that's why he's in jail today

Dont read the comments, dont read the comments, domt read the comments.

New signal up at Milwaukee & Sprecher. Video detection and 24/7 rest in red with protected only left turn phases. youtu.be/59NEnjY-YL4?...

On our way to Wyalusing, north of the Wisconsin River was VERY heavily pro-Crowly; south of the WI river on the way back was pro-Tiffany. This is very promising.

Wyalusing trainspotting

Online urbainsts have taught people that all ped buttons are bad and that taping them closed is good. They dont tell you that screws up TSP and negates all the other programming geared towards reducing pedestrian delay.

Fun little math problem A 120" cycle with 7" walk that is recalled has more signal delay than a 120" with 7" walk and a 14" permissive window but requires puahing a button. Worst case scenario: 113" vs 106" delay Ave delay: 53.2" vs 53.0"

Godzilla, surprising friend of urbanism.

23 Sept

9 years ago today was my big 30th birthday party where we cracked open this wheel of cheese. I absolutely recommend having a cheese wheel party.

22 Sept

Theres a whole other coty in Wisconsin about an hour east of Madison on I94. Who knew?

18 Sept

Can we fire our defensive coordinater before the half?

18 Sept

Also our offensive coordinator?

18 Sept

Hell, throw in the head coach too

16 Sept

Game night at Stsrkweather Creek Brewing Currently picking up ladies along the Mississippi River in Mississippi Queen.

16 Sept

Cant stop!

15 Sept

Another reason why cities need to make sure to add bike count stations to their counting programs. They are easy to add, program, and pull data from. They also dont differentiate commute vs recreational trips. Measure what matters!

Ken McLeod@kenmcld.bsky.social

It's widely known as far from perfect, but the American Community Survey includes the ONLY annual estimate we get about how much bicycling is happening in the United States The indefinite delay will mean even less timely information about how people get to work, including whether they bike

14 Sept

It's popcorn selling time again for cub scouts. And yet again I stand with our oldest trying to sell $20 bags of popcorn as donations to mixed results. Either they are former scouts and donate/buy a bag...or scoff at the price (rightfully so). Today we were scolded twice for not selling cookies.

14 Sept

I really don't understand the decision making at Trails End, who refuse to offer a $5 or even $10 item to sell. You're taking these out of compulsory purchase range and into 'we have to think about this'

A really cool new TSP operation was added this week for the EB Route A. When the EB bus gets the green at Segoe & Sheboygan, an SCP detector gets turned on at Segoe & Frey, Segoe & University, and University & Midvale. Each doing different things to help the EB bus.

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A bonus fun bit that I was able to watch is the 'lock in next' option being disabled. The video I just watched had a bus operator pull up to the stop bar at Midvale about 1 ms before the EBLT phase went green...instead, the controller pivoted to the bus. 2:41 total time to do this whole segment!

All of this....literally two loop detectors and use of the logic processor, fiber communications and strategically placed bus lanes/pull outs. Y'all...you dont have to overthink TSP!

Segoe & Frey simply holds the green, pretty straightforward TSP operation. Segoe & University calls a side street SCP detector/phase as well as calls the EBLT/NBRT phase just in case the bus falls a bit behind the operation.

The new operation is because in the AM the EB queue at Midvale can back up through the Segoe intersection...so when the bus is at Segoe & Sheboygan, an SCP detector at Midvale will significantly extend the EB green if the green is already up, or get back to the green sooner.

10 Sept

RIP

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8 Sept

AI slop...embarassing for ITE.

5 Sept

Very midwest. At Alpha Brewing Company

2 Sept

No notes

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bessent: "Everyone in this audience and every news outlet should be ashamed for taking a lying regime at face value"

2 Sept

Games from last nights game night. Sleuth In the Year of the Dragon Reaistance Avalon (not shown) And lots of snacks from Korea thanks to someone who recently returned from there.

videogameschronicle.comSony says ‘reasonable consumers’ know they don’t own the digital games they buy | VGCIt’s “not plausible” to suggest people believe they’re “obtaining ownership”…

1 Sept

Remember...dont just hate data centers for AI purposes...hate them because its the infrastructure necessary for this BS.

VGC@videogameschronicle.com

Sony says "reasonable consumers" know they don’t own the digital PlayStation games they buy. It argues that it's "not plausible" to suggest that when they buy a digital game they actually believe they're "obtaining ownership" of it. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-sa...

youtube.comMiami's "New" BRT is a Travesty.YouTube video by Miles in Transit

31 Aug

Florida...

Ari Ofsevit@ofsevit.bsky.social

This is … just terrible. @jerryschippa.bsky.social significant trigger warning here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fljz...

29 Aug

Damn, this makes Tom Tiffany looks intelligent.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

In a new statement, Michigan Senate Republican candidate Mike Rogers weighs in on Trump’s tariffs on Canada: “President Trump is right to put America First - and tariffs are necessary, but are not a one-size-fits-all solution.”

On todays bus ride...guy standing in front of the bus at a stop wont move, so now we have to wait for the police to come and move him. Been sitting here for 6 minutes. Sorry...TSP cant do anything for this situation.

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17 minutes, had to get on the next bus. This guy...

Driver also told us pretty early on the police were on the way. 17 minutes and no police? Seems like a very slow response time fir what could quickly become "man steps into traffic and is hit on East Washington"

@thegmcconnachie.bsky.social

We are now 12 minutes into this. Sorry rest of route A...its this guy.

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Garry

25 Aug

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

youtu.beRest in Walk or no Rest in Walk?YouTube video by Jerry Schippa

25 Aug

Rest in walk vs no rest in walk, what do these differences mean for pedestrian delay...and when we say pedestrian delay, WHOSE pedestrian delay? Its not as simple as always recalling all phases. youtu.be/r13VqxtbnI0?...