Yes I think one thing is kinda missing in this setup. The public transport in Barcelona is absolutely excellent. But there's no great way to get into it from the outside if you come by car.
Most cities I know have Park & Ride facilities at the outskirts near ring roads. Barcelona doesn't seem to have these (though perhaps I'm missing them as I don't own a car).
But I know my colleagues who come from outside are always struggling to find a parking spot, and they tell me there is no P&R.
That's a choice dense cities have to make. Is the city primarily a place where outsiders come to do business, or is it a place where its residents live? If the latter, then you don't want to make coming by car too easy, or you get too much traffic that makes the quality of life worse.
Park & Ride is something that rarely makes economic sense. If you have a location with good public transport connections to the city, you probably want to build housing there. Alternate uses of the land – and parking in particular – are less valuable. Because people don't want to pay the market price for the land for parking, Park & Ride only works with heavy subsidies. The subsidies are usually implicit and implemented via zoning regulations, because taxpayers would revolt instantly against explicit subsidies.
I would argue Park & Ride just doesn't really work in most circumstances. As a commuter, you get twice the stress - a car trip (including the anxiety of leaving your vehicle in public places for extended periods) AND a public transport ride.
It does work for tourists and other occasional visitors, but then the challenge is to make them aware it is an option when they plan the trip.
This the first iteration of a simple tool to move Apple Music library to Spotify.
Some features are missing, but feedback is highly appreciated.
As off topic:
After thousands of unfinished side projects, and although a lot of them were close to being finished, I
was able to finish the first one and make it real.
What amazes me it’s that a relatively new language easy to use (no voice, no accent distortion) it’s not a global standard and we need tools like this to translate the different language signs.
It is a common misconception (dare I say prejudice) that gestures are "universal" and therefore easy to learn/unify sign languages. Sign languages are a full-fledged natural language with nuances and complexities, just like spoken languages. Their grammar tends to be spatial as well as temporal, and a typical signer can express abstract concepts and its relationships using different placement/movement of signs. The reason why it's diverse is that most sign languages have been organically developed (just like spoken languages pre radio/TV era) in mostly isolated deaf communities.
Even just a simple head movement depends on the culture, as nodding for "yes" and shaking the head for "no" is not universal [0][1].
And this doesn't even account for something like the "indian head bobble". [2]
Another example is the use of index finger and thumb to create an O. [3]
So if these very simple examples depend on the culture, I expect signing to be much more localized.
The challenge with having universal sign language, is that people communicate in over 300 different sign languages around the world.
Even in English speaking countries, like the United States vs. New Zealand, both countries have two different forms of sign language (ASL vs. NZSL) which are communicated amongst the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities.
Sign languages are not new but just not as well documented and researched as spoken languages because pre film/video where was no easy way to record language use. Most sign languages have no writing system.
Additionally for the past 150 years the deaf community have been oppressed.
Some researchers think some sign languages date back further than the first spoken languages.
Looks like you have a few misconceptions there. There are many different sign languages, just like there are many different spoken languages, and they developed in much the same way. Sign languages definitely have accents and dialects, and are not inherently easier (they're full complex languages with all kinds of nuances). This tool doesn't translate sign language signs, or even detect them. Your argument basically amounts to "everyone should speak Esperanto" or similar.
