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Re: N to 96/2 |
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Posted by Steamdriven on Wed Jan 4 17:56:06 2017, in response to Re: N to 96/2, posted by Italianstallion on Tue Jan 3 22:55:00 2017. This may be a dumb question at some level, but if they're signing a train as Q... why not run it on the line where everyone expects a Q to exist? If one needs to do otherwise, then program the &%^* sign. Someone who has not been taking the subway forever will expect a Q to go where it shows on the map, they won't and don't want to know the position of stations and terminal locations they don't personally use.Perhaps an all-purpose "this train will run a non-standard route" symbol can be programmed, it's just lights on a matrix. Heck, the thing could be programmed to alternate the letters Q and N, which would prompt people to look at the side signs, listen for an announcement or blow it off in frustration. The last option means less crowding ;-). Srsly, there's 100 ways to do this and there are people who specialize in figuring which ones to use. MTA could have picked several and preloaded them into the display. This is a trivial programming task, which could be done in 5 minutes and tested in 5 hours, or allow 5 days for MTA time. There's no excuse for not having had that done in advance as a contingency plan. |
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