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$250 Million System Only Effective at Pissing People Off

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This is what was flashing on the L train’s new digital signs for the 7 minutes I spent waiting for a train at 1st Avenue this morning. Apparently, it was doing this everywhere along the L train today in both directions… constantly flashing on and off that a train was about to arrive in the station, when in reality, you were about to spend several minutes waiting underground in stifling heat for this invisible train.

I guess this is what the MTA meant when they called this expensive new system ”flashy.”

This entry was posted on Monday, July 9th, 2007 at 10:06 am and is filed under Life in NYC. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

8 Responses to “$250 Million System Only Effective at Pissing People Off”

  1. July 9th, 2007 at 12:09 pm

    says:

    this system works great in other cities. how’d you guys manage to fuck it up?

  2. July 9th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

    says:

    ah yes. sweating through my work clothes while waiting for the train is something i do not forget about new york. sexy, huh.

  3. July 9th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    says:

    UPDATE!! As of 2pm the signs are still flashing

  4. July 9th, 2007 at 4:59 pm

    says:

    These signs weren’t working at all on Saturday night. So maybe flashing is an upgrade?

  5. July 10th, 2007 at 4:05 am

    says:

    […] At the time, the expensive electronic notification system wasn’t working, and in fact, it was still down this morning. Even worse, the train’s conductor told no one about the shuttle buses. The only sign of a […]

  6. July 10th, 2007 at 11:38 am

    says:

    I was down under there this AM and still doing that. Actually didn’t realize as that this moronic flashing has been an on going thing- luckily you can get on the L train really easy in the morning as no one is ever on it

  7. July 10th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

    says:

    Hiphopopotomus: Which L Train are you riding? You can barely squeeze yourself onto an L Train during rush hour most days.

  8. July 10th, 2007 at 9:26 pm

    says:

    Hiphopopotomus, were you headed to Brooklyn?! I =should= be able to get on at the 1st Av stop headed west, but I’ve given up and now walk the route over to Union Square to transfer uptown in the mornings…

    I did notice the other evening that they weren’t even showing the wait times — the signs were staying on the date and time display.

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