The Global Transit Guidebook
By HARTride 2012
About HARTride 2012
Transit Enthusiast, Transit Rider, Transit Advocate
Thank you visiting my website today! I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit! While you’re here, let me spend a moment to tell you a bit about myself.
My real name is Walt, and I was born in Angeles City, Philippines. I moved with my family to Tampa, FL, United States in the early 90s, after traveling cross-country from California. I have lived in Tampa ever since and have seen the city grow and grow. Since my childhood, I’ve always been fascinated with transportation; from airports to highways, to high-speed trains and urban subways. As a child, I used to draw illustrations of highway interchanges, overpasses, and bridges, as well as airports and rail stations. Today, I’ve been slowly working on several fantasy transport systems, which I showcase here on my website periodically.
Throughout the years, I’ve had the chance to use public transit systems in Tampa, Sarasota/Bradenton, Tallahassee, Savannah, New York City, Norfolk, Belgium, and France. I’ve also been able to use one of the primary and still popular mode of public transport in the Philippines, the Jeepney! I hope to be able to use the metro rail system in the Metro Manila area at some point in the distant future.
Below is a map & running list of transit modes and agencies that I’ve be aboard.
- United States
- California
- Almaeda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)
- Current Bus Routes: 216, SB
- Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
- Green Line, Orange Line, Red Line, Yellow Line
- San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) – San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
- Current Bus Routes: 6, 12, 18, 28, 38R, 41
- Light Rail (MUNI Metro): K, L, M, N, T
- San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans)
- Current Bus Routes: 130, 141, ECR
- Almaeda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)
- Florida
- Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART)
- Current Bus Routes: 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 45, 60LX, 275LX, 360LX, MetroRapid (400).
- Defunct Bus Routes: 4, 10, 41, 44, 85, 89, 96, 97, 98.
- TECOline Streetcar.
- Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA)
- Current Bus Routes:
4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 35 (CAT), 52, 52LX, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 67, 68, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 100X, 300X, 711 (Looper), 777 (SBT), 812, 813, 814.
- Current Bus Routes:
- Manatee County Area Transit (MCAT)
- Current Bus Routes: 2. 3. 99 (Jointly operated route between MCAT & SCAT), 203 (Skyway ConneXion)
- Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT)
- Current Bus Routes: 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 40, 99 (Jointly operated route between MCAT & SCAT), 100X.
- Defunct Bus Routes: 90X.
- Tallahassee Municipal Government: StarMetro
- Current Bus Routes: B.
- Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (also known as LYNX)
- Current Bus Routes: 11, 36, 50, 51, 60 – LYMMO, 61 – LYMMO, 62 – LYMMO, 436S.
- Defunct Bus Routes: 406.
- Volusia County Transit (Votran)
- Current Bus Routes: 1, 4, 8, 17B, 21, 31, 60.
- Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
- SunRail Commuter Rail
- Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)
- Current Bus Routes: 10, 18, 50, 102, 107, 109
- Defunct Bus Routes: 9
- Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART)
- Georgia
- Savannah Mobility Management Inc./Chatham Area Transit (CAT)
- Dot Shuttle
- Savannah Mobility Management Inc./Chatham Area Transit (CAT)
- New Jersey
- New Jersey Transit (NJT)
- Local Bus (Routes: 158)
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ): Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)
- Subway
- New Jersey Transit (NJT)
- New York
- State of New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA)
- Subway (Lines 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, B, F, G, J, L, N, Q, R, W, Z, & the 42nd St Shuttle).
- Bus [Bx12-SBS, M60-SBS, M72, M79 (pre-SBS), & Q44-SBS].
- State of New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA)
- Virginia
- Hampton Roads Transit (HRT)
- Local Bus (Route 44)
- Light Rail
- Hampton Roads Transit (HRT)
- California
- Europe
- Brussels, Belgium
- De Lijn
- Local Bus
- Light Rail
- National Railway Company of Belgium
- Intercity Rail
- De Lijn
- Paris, France
- French National Railways (SNCF)
- Commuter Rail
- High Speed Rail (Thalys)
- Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)
- Local Bus
- Subway
- Incline
- French National Railways (SNCF)
- Brussels, Belgium
- Asia
- Philippines
- Jeepney
- Intercity Bus
- Philippines
I earned my A.A. in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting at Hillsborough Community College in 2009. In August of 2012, I earned my B.S. in Marketing, from the University of South Florida. Depending on where my career takes me, I hope to be able to reside in another city such as Norfolk, VA in a few years.
