I was pleased to notice today that the Red Line dot matrix indicators at South Station now shows the times to arrival, and the destination for the next trains. This was something I first saw on a visit to London in 1975. Those boards have been there for quite a while (and being dot matrix are pretty out of date already), but I only saw it at South Station. At others, they all still seem to say just the time, or a message to tell you a train is approaching. Any idea when it will spread throughout the system?
I guess it will be the second half of the century before we see similar indicators at bus stops, as seen at most developed cities outside the US since about the turn of this century. And when they do install, I guess they'll be more dot matrix panels, instead of the more usual flat screen display.
I guess it will be the second half of the century before we see similar indicators at bus stops, as seen at most developed cities outside the US since about the turn of this century. And when they do install, I guess they'll be more dot matrix panels, instead of the more usual flat screen display.
