The Brits appear to like it [emoji57] They are apparently going for something similar at Euston, minus the original building. [emoji51]
.) . They are being renovated and having outlets put in them for people's devices, but they are keeping true to the historic character. (I found this out because I was commuting for a while with a woman whose husband is doing the renovations.) I sat on one the other week with the new outlets, and they are very unobtrusive--the bench was just as attractive as it used to be.
Since when did they start listing bus departures on there? Bieber Tourways from Philadelphia to ________________? This appears to be the Thruway service to Allentown/Kutztown. I guess since it's an Amtrak-coded Thruway bus departure, it makes sense to list it there, but it still looks out of place.
Or you could use individual characters for the destination column and not have to worry about it. This isn't really a limitation of the technology so much as a bean counting move.
The only thing that isn't individual letters is the city pairs as well as the status of the train.
Um, okay.When Amtrak partnered with Bieber bus. That is when they started posting information.
Those replacement sounds always seem so fake. Reminds me of the speaker based crossing bells. A real physical bell has a wide range of frequencies that are distinctive and obvious, but the cheaper low maintenance speaker versions sound like an AM radio broadcast compressed into a low bit rate audio stream. Loud enough to be annoying but not clear enough to be an obvious warning. Worst of both worlds. Whatever "audio engineer" invented speaker based crossings needs to be tarred and feathered.The Boston electronic board makes the requisite flipping sounds the last time I was there
Yeah...next thing they'll do is have giant loudspeaker "horn's" on locomotive's, instead of air-horns....
And those were put on the board as well.Um, okay.
Perhaps that's correct. However, the Amtrak partnership with Martz Trailways pre-dates the Bieber partnership by two years (2015 vs. 2017). I don't recall seeing any Solari announcements for the Martz bus to Scranton, but it's entirely possibly I haven't happened to have been there at the right time of day. If the arrangement only started with Bieber, you have to wonder why Bieber gets that plug but not Martz.
Those Martz bus services are hit and miss.
My main problem is that he doesn't represent the area of 30th Street. While he comes close. It's not his district to be fighting for.
Eh, I bet plenty of his constituents use 30th Street on a regular basis. It (the station) is a regional asset. Perfectly fine in my book for him to take an interest in it.
How are the new PIDS, such as in NYP, ADA compliant, whereas the current Solari board comes up short?
Two things: Firstly, Penn Station is really just on the somewhat west side of Manhattan, not the far west side of NYC. (I know, I’m the worst)
They have scrolling announcements that correspond with the information to assist the hearing impaired. The Solari board does not have any of those features.
Or you could simply place a monochromatic LED character scoreboard below the Solari board and scroll as many tone deaf security alerts as you please.
Indeed....and there was talk of doing just that..particularly in NYP. However, by the time you do all of that, find space to accommodate the new board, consider the cost of maintaining both systems, especially when you consider this:
Amtrak decided to just replace the boards with a new, modern system that also made its own robo announcements.
Perhaps because, compared to many countries, we have very little history and want to keep what we do have where it is? Also, I think Philly is particularly caught up in its history (although it's usually Colonial/American Revolution history) and would be more inclined to want to preserve the good parts of the past where they are.
