Overlooking Tampa Bay with the Sunshine Skyway in the distance. Photo Credit: HARTride 2012.
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: 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
Georgia
Savannah Mobility Management Inc./Chatham Area Transit (CAT)
Dot Shuttle
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 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].
Virginia
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT)
Local Bus (Route 44)
Light Rail
Europe
Brussels, Belgium
De Lijn
Local Bus
Light Rail
National Railway Company of Belgium
Intercity Rail
Paris, France
French National Railways (SNCF)
Commuter Rail
High Speed Rail (Thalys)
Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)
Local Bus
Subway
Incline
Asia
Philippines
Jeepney
Intercity Bus
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.