Recently, TransLink, the transit agency for the greater Vancouver, BC area, released a report detailing how it would be forced to cut around 40-50% of transi...
As someone in the tech space I’d say that one potential partial solution is for Translink to use/fund FOSS Hardware as a cheaper source for replacement parts
this could also be a universal collaborative funding project/proposal with other provinces and states
maybe Louis Rossman might also be interested in this as it would tie into the Right-to-Repair movement
god I really hope we don’t lose Canada’s best transit system, this is too close to home fuck
I would like to see it too, but I don’t think there is currently in the FOSS sphere that is even remotely close to commercial availability or has the certified, turnkey type of solutions that the industry suppliers offer.
As someone in the tech space I’d say that one potential partial solution is for Translink to use/fund FOSS Hardware as a cheaper source for replacement parts
god I really hope we don’t lose Canada’s best transit system, this is too close to home fuck
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I would like to see it too, but I don’t think there is currently in the FOSS sphere that is even remotely close to commercial availability or has the certified, turnkey type of solutions that the industry suppliers offer.