Re: [Flock-speakers-2016] Taxi/Uber sharing wiki page

[Stephen Gallagher]

On 07/26/2016 02:27 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Speakers,
>
> I've created a wiki page for those of us flying in, so that some of us
> can split rides.
>
> While I realize that there is a train from the airport, I'm taking an
> overnight, and won't be keen to drag my luggage for 1.5 km from the
> train station (or, for that matter, figure out the stop names and ticket
> system).
>
> If you might want to split a ride to the Best Western, please add your
> details!
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flock2016:rideshare

Forwarding this to the attendees list as well.

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[Jens Petersen]

On 07/26/2016 02:27 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > While I realize that there is a train from the airport, I'm taking an
> > overnight, and won't be keen to drag my luggage for 1.5 km from the
> > train station (or, for that matter, figure out the stop names and ticket
> > system).

I finally managed to find some transit information on the airport website:
otherwise it is seems impressively difficult to get info on local transport
(both web and mobile - at least for Android 6;)!
Maybe I should do a PR for the website. ;o)

http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/transport-parking,c76/how-to-ge...

I believe this is the search for trains from the Airport to the nearest
station to the venue:
https://koleo.pl/en/search/krakow-lotnisko/krakow-lobzow

The airport seems to recommend people to use trains, but no doubt ymmv - I
am just a virtual tourist...
"Traffic disruptions on access roads to the airport may appear during the
WYD, so we advise all passengers to use rail transport." <shrug/>
http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...

Apparently extra airport trains will running during the WYD period to
compensate for increased traffic/visitors.
http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...

(The pope is arriving today (Wed this week) and leaving tomorrow (Thu) so
that should not affect Flock.)

Jens

ps I probably joined this list late so sorry if this has already been
repeated here.

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[Jens Petersen]

On 27 July 2016 at 13:11, Jens Petersen  wrote:
> On 07/26/2016 02:27 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > While I realize that there is a train from the airport, I'm taking an
> > > overnight, and won't be keen to drag my luggage for 1.5 km from the
> > > train station (or, for that matter, figure out the stop names and ticket
> > > system).
>
> I finally managed to find some transit information on the airport website:
> otherwise it is seems impressively difficult to get info on local transport
> (both web and mobile - at least for Android 6;)!
> Maybe I should do a PR for the website. ;o)

Okay I guess I overlooked
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flock2016-Krakow-proposal#Local_Train ... ;)
> http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/transport-parking,c76/how-to-ge...
>
> I believe this is the search for trains from the Airport to the nearest
> station to the venue:
> https://koleo.pl/en/search/krakow-lotnisko/krakow-lobzow
>
> The airport seems to recommend people to use trains, but no doubt ymmv - I
> am just a virtual tourist...
> "Traffic disruptions on access roads to the airport may appear during the
> WYD, so we advise all passengers to use rail transport." <shrug/>
>
> http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...
>
> Apparently extra airport trains will running during the WYD period to
> compensate for increased traffic/visitors.
>
> http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...
>
> (The pope is arriving today (Wed this week) and leaving tomorrow (Thu) so
> that should not affect Flock.)
>
> Jens
>
> ps I probably joined this list late so sorry if this has already been
> repeated here.

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[Bruno Finger]

Hey guys, in case you're having trouble with public transport, you can use
this website http://jakdojade.pl it's very complete and in English, and
they have android and iphone apps as well, where you can point where you
want to go and it will give you all the connecting busses and rails,
departure times etc. Just keep in mind it allows just 5 or so free queries
per month and then you have to pay 10 PLN for subscription (which is around
2 USD/EUR).

Bruno Finger

On Jul 27, 2016 9:57 AM, "Jens Petersen"  wrote:
> On 27 July 2016 at 13:11, Jens Petersen 
> wrote:
> > On 07/26/2016 02:27 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > > While I realize that there is a train from the airport, I'm taking an
> > > > overnight, and won't be keen to drag my luggage for 1.5 km from the
> > > > train station (or, for that matter, figure out the stop names and
> > >
> > > ticket
> > > > system).
> >
> > I finally managed to find some transit information on the airport
> > website: otherwise it is seems impressively difficult to get info on local
> > transport (both web and mobile - at least for Android 6;)!
> > Maybe I should do a PR for the website. ;o)
>
> Okay I guess I overlooked
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flock2016-Krakow-proposal#Local_Train ...
> ;)
> > http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/transport-parking,c76/how-to-ge...
> >
> > I believe this is the search for trains from the Airport to the nearest
> > station to the venue:
> > https://koleo.pl/en/search/krakow-lotnisko/krakow-lobzow
> >
> > The airport seems to recommend people to use trains, but no doubt ymmv -
> > I am just a virtual tourist...
> > "Traffic disruptions on access roads to the airport may appear during
> > the WYD, so we advise all passengers to use rail transport." <shrug/>
> >
> > http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...
> >
> > Apparently extra airport trains will running during the WYD period to
> > compensate for increased traffic/visitors.
> >
> > http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...
> >
> > (The pope is arriving today (Wed this week) and leaving tomorrow (Thu) so
> > that should not affect Flock.)
> >
> > Jens
> >
> > ps I probably joined this list late so sorry if this has already been
> > repeated here.
>
> Flock-attendees-2016 mailing list
> [e-mail]
>
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[e-mail]...

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[Jakub Kramarz]

2016-07-27 10:05 GMT+02:00 Bruno Finger :
> Just keep in mind it allows just 5 or so free queries per month and then
> you (...)

...and then you're presented a commercial. If something changed in Android
app in last months, website version is always for free.

Serdecznie pozdrawiam / Best regards,

Jakub Kramarz
http://about.me/jkramarz

Sent from Makita TD090DWE impact driver

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[Michał Rudowicz]

2016-07-27 10:05 GMT+02:00 Bruno Finger :
> Just keep in mind it allows just 5 or so free queries per month and then
> you have to pay 10 PLN for subscription (which is around 2 USD/EUR).

I've been using it for free for a year or so, and the only limitation in
the free version is that you don't have GPS navigation (so you don't have
to check which bus/tram stop is the nearest) and ads. Unless Kraków has
some different rules than Wrocław and it really has only 5 queries/month
(but I doubt it), I can highly recommend this app as a free one ;)

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[Jonathan Dieter]

On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 10:05 +0200, Bruno Finger wrote:
> Hey guys, in case you're having trouble with public transport, you
> can use this website http://jakdojade.pl it's very complete and in
> English, and they have android and iphone apps as well, where you can
> point where you want to go and it will give you all the connecting
> busses and rails, departure times etc. Just keep in mind it allows
> just 5 or so free queries per month and then you have to pay 10 PLN
> for subscription (which is around 2 USD/EUR).
> Bruno Finger

Just thought I'd put my 2¢ here.  I've just arrived in Poland for the
first time today, with my wife and four small children.  We've rented a
flat using Airbnb and were trying to decide whether to take the
official airport taxi or public transportation.  The Jakdojade.pl
Android app finally pushed the decision in favor of public transport,
especially since it offers a free 1-month trial of the premium service.

We put in the airport as our starting point, the address of our flat as
the destination, and Jakdojade calculated how much we'd have to walk,
what buses to take, and which tickets we should buy for the buses, even
taking into account that the routes are different today given
everything else happening in Krakow right now.  Even with four small
kids in tow, there was no stress involved, and we arrived at our flat
within the time estimate.

As a first-time visitor to Krakow, I'd strongly recommend this app if
you're planning to navigate public transportation in Krakow.

Jonathan

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[Adam Miller]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Jonathan Dieter  wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 10:05 +0200, Bruno Finger wrote:
> > Hey guys, in case you're having trouble with public transport, you
> > can use this website http://jakdojade.pl it's very complete and in
> > English, and they have android and iphone apps as well, where you can
> > point where you want to go and it will give you all the connecting
> > busses and rails, departure times etc. Just keep in mind it allows
> > just 5 or so free queries per month and then you have to pay 10 PLN
> > for subscription (which is around 2 USD/EUR).
> > Bruno Finger
>
> Just thought I'd put my 2¢ here.  I've just arrived in Poland for the
> first time today, with my wife and four small children.  We've rented a
> flat using Airbnb and were trying to decide whether to take the
> official airport taxi or public transportation.  The Jakdojade.pl
> Android app finally pushed the decision in favor of public transport,
> especially since it offers a free 1-month trial of the premium service.
>
> We put in the airport as our starting point, the address of our flat as
> the destination, and Jakdojade calculated how much we'd have to walk,
> what buses to take, and which tickets we should buy for the buses, even
> taking into account that the routes are different today given
> everything else happening in Krakow right now.  Even with four small
> kids in tow, there was no stress involved, and we arrived at our flat
> within the time estimate.
>
> As a first-time visitor to Krakow, I'd strongly recommend this app if
> you're planning to navigate public transportation in Krakow.

This is wonderful information, thank you very much! The thought of
getting lost in new places stresses me out so this is immensely
helpful.

Thanks again,
-AdamM
> Jonathan
>
> Flock-attendees-2016 mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[e-mail]...

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[Rafal Luzynski]

27.07.2016 06:11 Jens Petersen  wrote:
> [...]
>  The airport seems to recommend people to use trains, but no doubt ymmv - I am
> just a virtual tourist...
>  "Traffic disruptions on access roads to the airport may appear during the
> WYD, so we advise all passengers to use rail transport." <shrug/>
>
> http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...

That's true. OTOH, they don't mention that bus transit will be
disrupted, except:
* route of bus 292 will be changed within the city area 26-29 July;
* 31 July from 14:00 to 19:00 (2pm-7pm) the bus 292 will not go to the airport;
* the night bus 902 will cruise every 20 minutes at night 30/31 July;
* bus 208 will not be changed;
* the location of the bus stop near the airport has been changed until 3 Aug:
http://www.krakowairport.pl/data/upload/image/aktualnosci/sdm/_DSC0251.JPG
(although this matters only for those who have been in Krakow Airport before
and may expect the bus stop to be at the same place where it was before).
> Apparently extra airport trains will running during the WYD period to
> compensate for increased traffic/visitors.
>
> http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/travel,c72/world-youth-days,c30...

That's true, the trains will cruise every 15 minutes (instead of
30 minutes) and also every 1 hour at night (normally they don't
cruise at night).
> (The pope is arriving today (Wed this week)

That's true.
> and leaving tomorrow (Thu)

That's not true unless you mean leaving for few hours and
coming back to Krakow the same day. Pope Francis leaves on
Sunday afternoon...
> so that should not affect Flock.)

... so definitely will affect Flock, especially those arriving on
Sunday but also on Monday. 1.5 million pilgrims will not leave
immediately so the town will be enormously crowded even the next day.

Regards,

Rafal