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Scrolling R160 side signs |
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Posted by gbs on Sat Mar 4 23:30:53 2017 So for no apparent reason they've changed some of the side sign displays from EXP to EXPRESS, so "BROADWAY EXP" on the Q is now "BROADWAY EXPRESS" and "QUEENS BLVD EXP" on the E is now "QUEENS BLVD EXPRESS". (Note that BLVD is still abbreviated, so there's no consistency.) As a result, the new displays don't fit all at once on the screen, so they scroll. But they scroll so stupidly. The screen completely blanks out, then the first character starts from the right and moves to the left until the last character goes all the way to the left and the screen is blank again, taking way too long before the next display can show itself. All that blank time adds no information at all. If they must scroll, then the screen should fill with as much as can fit, for instance "BROADWAY EXPRE", and then scroll left until the last characters show themselves, like "OADWAY EXPRESS" and then disappear for the next display. But they should just go back to EXP and let the display fit correctly without scrolling. What clarity is added by expanding the word and then requiring the scrolling? Meanwhile the R188's on the #7 display "34-HUDSON" with room to spare, and "MAIN ST", not "FLUSHING-MAIN ST". Aren't the neighborhoods supposed to be displayed on the terminal station names? |
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