Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks

Re:Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks by listic on Saturday November 14, 2015 @05:20PM (#10567522)

In Russian metro there are count-up timers. Not that this is a big deal, though, when intervals between trains are shorter (2-4 minutes in St.-Petersburg; less in Moscow).

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Re:Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks by seiji on Saturday November 14, 2015 @05:36PM (#10567579)

count-up timers like "you missed the last train by 30 seconds! haha?" Seems like a very tauntingly russian thing to do.

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Re:Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks by csydas on Saturday November 14, 2015 @05:45PM (#10567609)

I guess you could see it that way, but everyone knows that the trains run regularly every 2-3 minutes so it's more you know how long of a wait you're going to have. For the most part all it does is let you know how long you're going to be waiting on the platform and how on time the trains are that day.

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Re:Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks by the_mitsuhiko on Saturday November 14, 2015 @05:52PM (#10567644)

I thought they switched those out for countdown timers?

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Re:Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks by listic on Saturday November 14, 2015 @07:20PM (#10567900)

At least in St.-Petersburg: nope. After visiting Helsinki and seeing countdown timers there (they have ~6 min intervals and countdown timers show minutes only) I thought countdown timers would be more useful, even if more complicated to implement; but alas.

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