Image Of L Train Countdown Clock From NY Times
Subway countdown clocks similar to those on the L line informing riders when the next train will arrive are being installed by the MTA at several more stations according to this Daily News article.
… By the end of next month, NYC Transit will activate the clocks at three No. 6 line stations in the Bronx: Longwood Ave., Brook Ave. and E. 149th St.
The agency then will roll out the new communications system to nearly 150 other stations along the Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 lines, NYC Transit Program Officer Mark Bienstock said yesterday…
In response to article, RIOC Director Jonathan Kalkin Tweets: Unfortunately, current MTA plans do not include Roosevelt Island or the F Trains for the new countdown clocks any time soon. The NY Times reports:
There are no plans in place for the other lettered lines to get the clocks until at least 2014.
A previous post via Gizmodo reported on another subway countdown clock system being used by the MTA and Gothamist explained that this system will:
… cull data from the L lines computerized operating system, which tracks exact train locations and then shows them advancing (or not!) along the screen. Pretty cool stuff, but this is hipster central; the MTA needs to make these screens interactive and let us play some L train Frogger while we wait.
Image From Gizmodo
Do we have dueling subway countdown clock systems?
