Currently I’m in Los Angeles sleuthing about. This is a mere 5% of the video I’ve collected so far, a little transit, a few bikes, some trains, a bit of Los Angeles, a sausage and more. Know where the sausage place is, because it was great, totally worth a visit when you’re in LA! So here’s a short sneak peek of upcoming Transit Sleuth TV footage… enjoy! Remember, episode 3 is coming out this Monday at 7:30am.
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Transit Sleuth TV : Episode 2 “To Orenco, Mobile Ticketing, Powell’s and Introducing Jonathan Scheff!”
In this episode I’ve added a new segment around an interview with one of our local Portlanders. This episode I’m talking to Jonathan Scheff in the middle segment of the show.
Adventure Segment
This episode starts off with an adventure that Paul Peterson and I took via the Trimet #4 with a transfer to the Blue Line MAX out to Orenco to check on how that neighborhood has been developing. It’s grown a lot and changed for the better in just the last couple years. These days one can even see the cranes working on the Intel complex. Paul and I also have a chat about what to do or not to do at Orenco. We grab some Sushi at Yuki’s and then head back.
During our trip Paul and I battle with trying to figure out where his tickets went on the Globe Sherpa Mobile Ticketing Application for Trimet. It seems he was able to get it figured out via their support, as he’d hit a bug of some sort. The other things that was interesting was that he had the iOS 7 beta and it was actually working great. However Trimet and Globe Sherpa have offered differing information on iOS 7 working with the application or not. The verdict – it’s confusing whether one is doing the right thing or not with the application.
Interview Segment *new*
After that I interview Jonathan Scheff about his move from New York to Portland, bike commuting and bike adventures. Jonathan is the first of many interviews that I’ll have on Transit Sleuth TV talking about biking missions, transit rides and other adventures! Jonathan kicks this off for us with some tales of moving woe and risky bridge traversals.
Something Useful Segment
This useful segment is a simple life suggestion. I cover a cool place to just chill out, watch a streetcar roll by on the flanged wheel or just watch the fascinating individuals of Portland passing by.
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Coverage of Transit Sleuth TV Episode 1 & The Precursor, That Launched Transit Sleuth TV
Al M @alyourpalster at his blog “Introducing Transit Sleuth TV“, Dogcaught “Transit Sleuth TV” care of @steveeshom and Portland Transport’s “Open Thread for the Week of 9/15/13“, thanks @ChrisSmithUS. Also I want to give a big shout out and thanks to Paul Peterson of @EmpteFilms for helping me conjure up the idea to start Transit Sleuth TV. Thanks and cheers Paul, we’ll have to have a beer again soon and plot out a new episode!
In other coverage here’s a few of the tweets. Thanks to everybody for getting the word out on the first episode!
Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail opened a number of years ago. Paul and a crew of friends, transit advocates all, joined forces for a tour of the light rail opening. This was, as you can see if you watch the video, the precursor of Transit Sleuth TV. Thanks to Paul for filming and lighting the fire of the idea to start a project around this. Finally, I’ve got myself in gear and put the first episode together here: “Transit Meet & How to Carry Wine and Gelato“. In the near future Paul and I will probably team up to bring you some more Transit Sleuth TV. Stay tuned, for now here’s the original, from the opening of the Link Light Rail in Seattle.
Logo Project!
Hello transit riders, cyclists and other Cascadians! In an effort to spruce up the Transit Sleuth Logo (or lack thereof really) I’m looking for some help. I have some ideas myself, but I’d really like to brainstorm with some others about a Transit Sleuth Logo that could be used for Transit Sleuth TV and for the blog. Do you know anyone that could help? Do you have ideas yourself? Are you interested in brainstorming the idea?
Ping me on Facebook or via Twitter @transitsleuth and we’ll work on making something pop for Transit Sleuth! Cheers!
Springwater Trail Mischeif
A few months ago my brother and I took a short bike trip out the Springwater Bicycle trail. I took the GoPro cameras I have, strapped them on a helmet and one of our bikes and collected some video. I finally was able to sit down and put together some of the video with an actual soundtrack. This particular video I’ve put to and timed to some dubstep. Usually I’d throw some metal in with my videos, but for this it seemed like a good selection of tunes to put along with the ride. I’d love to get people’s feedback, so leave a comment or two if you would.
Enjoy, cheers!
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