Spokane’s New Rapid Transit Line Relays Real-Time GPS Location/Stops To Riders
September 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes
The kind of live positioning visuals motorists routinely use for getting around are being applied to transit rider information screens in Spokane, WA, using …
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App Gets Transit Stop Displays Talking For Riders Who Are Blind Or Low Vision
March 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes
This is an interesting application that pairs a smart phone app with a color e-paper transit information display, enabling people with vision issues to …
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LA Bus Shelter Expansion Clears Approvals Hurdle; Integrated DOOH Screens, Surprise!, Have Opponents
September 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes
A proposal to add some 3,450 new tech-laden transit shelters to LA’s streets has cleared a big hurdle for its backers, but still needs …
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E Ink’s Newest Color Displays Boost Color And Contrast; Intended As Print Poster Replacements
March 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes
E Ink continues to evolve the capabilities of its color e-paper – with a new version of its larger format displays substantially boosting both …
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Louisville’s Bus Routes Add GPS-Updated Rider Kiosks
February 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes
The LA-area digital signage solutions provider Red Dot Digital Media has an interesting technical case study out on a project done with Silicon Valley …
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Visionect’s E-Paper Business Evolving To Be End-To-End Solutions Provider
January 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes
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Intersection Does Deal To Equip LA Metro Line With Smart City-style InfoStations
May 29, 2019 by Dave Haynes
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has done a deal with the media and tech company Intersection to install a new messaging and …
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Sydney’s New Metro Line Dotted With E-Paper Information Signs
May 29, 2019 by Dave Haynes
The first 36 kilometers of Australia’s biggest public transport project, the newly-opened Sydney Metro Northwest line, are interspersed with stops that provide steadily updated …
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Outfront Starts Live Trial Of Planned 37,000 Screen NYC MTA Rollout
February 27, 2019 by Dave Haynes
Via NY Daily News Outfront Media has started testing on what will eventually be a rollout of a reported 37,000 new digital signage screens …
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Pattison Gets Smart With Calgary Transit Line Digital Posters
January 29, 2019 by Dave Haynes
The city of Calgary in western Canada now has smart city-ish digital posters along four new rapid transit bus lines – showing next bus …
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Santiago’s Subway Rolls With Smart Stations, Data-Driven Screens
January 24, 2019 by Dave Haynes
This is an information-rich digital sign on Chile’s Santiago Metro. It runs ad messaging and educational messages, but what I like is the amount of detail in …
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Rick Wood On The Eight Second Rule For Transit Displays, And E-Paper At Your Bus Stop
October 24, 2018 by Dave Haynes
Rick Wood’s company was founded to bring some order and logic to how mass transport systems present information – like routes and schedules – …
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