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Midtown bus riders will now get to enjoy the luxury granted only to L train commuters up until now—knowing exactly how long they'll have to wait at their stop with convenient nearby countdown clocks. Eight LED screens have been installed across 34th street, giving riders arrival times for the M34 and M16 buses. The project costs the city nothing since a technology company donated the screens and buses are already equipped with GPS. Mayor Bloomberg pointed out that the technology is "similar to that used to track military vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
A similar program was attempted for buses on First and Second Avenues in 2007, but was discontinued after being plagues with inaccuracies after only four months. The new clocks are said to have worked fairly accurately on their inaugural day, despite having to deal with a cavalry of NYPD cars blocking the bus laneacross 34th. The Post also noted some slightly off arrival times during Bloomberg's press conference.
Bloomberg said, "Knowing when the next bus is due will let you decide if you have time to duck into a coffee shop before it arrives, or allow you to let people who are waiting for you know what time you'll be showing up." Bloomberg said he wants to have countdown clocks installed on all subway lines as part of his Move NYC plan.
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I wish they'd roll these out for the NYC subway. The Paris Metro has had these signs for years now.
DC too. its really about time.
Welcome to Fantasy Island.
Wait until people start spray painting the truth over the lies.
I still don't get how paying scarce bucks to estimate when a train/bus is going to be there is going to improve throughput. I think the money could better be spent on an independent auditor and special prosecutor invetigating the NYCTA
Amen, exactly what we need. I'll donate to a private fund to make this happen.
I wonder how they add time to buses when cabs cut them off for pick ups, there are cars in the bus lane and bike messengers are all around - this should be fun to watch :-)
Is there any connection to the Bloomberg ad with this story? He's got NOTHING to do with this happening.
is it me or does the L train's clock not calibrated to the actual train? It will say 3 minutes and then BAM the train is there.
it's you
I find the L to be accurate when displayed, but too often it just shows the time and decides it's not in the mood to tell you how far the next trains are. It's gotten slightly better with time, but rush hour seems to be the most consistently accurate at least.
Over/Under on when these screens are at a bus-stop in Queens: 2 years.
I say 5 years.
What a colossal waste of money! It gets there when it gets there. The money would have been better spent on almost anything else.
Gee, looks like the MTA finally figured out how to overcome that whole lame-ass "GPS signals are blocked by skyscrapers" excuse they've been using for years. Dude, they must have, like, f#@&ing geniuses working for them.
wow it was not the MTA that was doing this work they hire contractors too do this the samw as all other places that already have this workin like the lirr and metro north the MTA dont do the work the hire so its not they fault it the contractor dont do it rite