Your Train Will Arrive in 2 Minutes, in a Year
You know those cool little LCD boards they have on, say, the Washington Metro and the London Tube? You know, the ones that tell you a red line to Shady Grove will arrive in 2 minutes, or a Bakerloo to Elephant & Castle in 4 minutes? Well, New York is finally getting some of its own.
They'll be installed in 131 stations over the next year, then slowly into the rest of the system, according to a report in the Post today.
The new system gives "date, the time of day and this one will have more detailed information about where the next train is, how far is it," said Kevin O'Connell, the MTA's chief transportation officer.
It's our dream come true, really: It'll be so much fun to actually know that a late-night F train will never, ever show up at Bergen to take us home, rather than just suspecting. Yay.
