LAist: Metro Arrival Time Screens Now Working

Zach Behrens

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:44:53 -0800

Actually, it's better to have the info there considering the trains do not have delays like buses in traffic do. Rarely in my paper-schedule-in-the-pocket or now on-the-screen experience has a train not arrived when it said it would. I agree improvements are needed and better communication is vastly needed in general by Metro, but this is a step in the right direction.

benh57

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:14:47 -0800

It's not better to have wrong info than no info. No info is better. Should be obvious to those with common sense.

Militant Angeleno

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:06:20 -0800

They're on Militant time, lol!

Damien Newton

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:50:46 -0800

Eventually they will be GPS based but Metro staff felt that it was better to have the screens have scheduled arrivals rather than nothing as has been the case until last week.

Zach Behrens

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:04:04 -0800

panasonicyouth, I'm scheduled to speak with the person in charge of this program later this afternoon. More details will come regarding the program and your experience. Thanks!

panasonicyouth

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:27:48 -0800

Glad this is up and running, but IT SUCKS. I was at Union Station last night and the schedule was wrong. It's not like the Orange Line, which updates time based on the location of the bus. It's based on the schedules, which are rarely correct. FAIL.

ajamison

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:23:07 -0800

Sweet Lord, yes!

SoapBoxLA

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:11:29 -0800

Getting the "next train scheduled" mixed up with "next train arriving" can lead to disappointment. The difference between the two can be dramatic.