MTA Installing Experimental LCD Screens To Show Passengers When Next Train Arrives - Will Roosevelt Island F Train Station Get One Of These?
One of the more frustrating experiences for riders at the Roosevelt Island F Train Subway Station, or any other station for that matter, is standing on the platform waiting, waiting and waiting some more for a train to arrive. Not knowing when a train may come, the only thing passengers can do is stare down the tunnel looking for the train lights to appear or accept there is nothing you can do about the train's arrival and just read your paper, listen to your Ipod or get lost in your own thoughts.
According to Gizmodo some relief may be coming with an experimental new MTA program to place screens on subway platforms that show exactly where the trains are on the line and how long it will take to arrive at your station.
As a New Yorker, this gets me very excited: the Bedford Ave L station just got an LCD screen that shows exactly where all the cars on the line are, so you know how long you'll have to wait...RIOC Director Jonathan Kalkin likes this idea and Tweets:
Going to ask MTA to do this on F on Roosevelt Island. LCD screens that show when the next subway is coming.The NY Times had a recent article reporting on the plans of new MTA Chairman Jay Walder's plans for the NYC Bus and subway system including:
...He wants to introduce the contactless fare cards — which can be quickly waved over a sensor — to the subways and buses, reducing boarding times. And he wants GPS devices on buses so passengers can tell when a bus is coming, even if the familiar bulky shape is not visible on the horizon....Roosevelt Island is already ahead of the MTA in the use of a GPS Bus Transit system as we have been using the Next Bus GPS for the Roosevelt Island Red Bus since last January. Mr. Kalkin has also been exploring the use of contactless fare cards for the Red Bus as well.
Who knows - Roosevelt Island may become a laboratory for public transportation ideas?
2 comments :
Suggest RIOC makes a price/value analysis comparing income from Red Bus fares with the service delays caused by payments and having to enter at the front without any efforts by the drivers to get passengers to use the rear door for exit with the cost of the cards.
How come the L line always gets the new stuff first? We still have to get those announcements when the next train will arrive. I doubt we will ever see LCD screens.
Red bus: If only the RIOC would increase the fare to a Dollar or so.
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