It's definitely harder to consistently communicate the status of a fundamentally inconsistent service...remember that "real time" transit trackers are a PATCH to compensate for the train (or bus) never reliably keeping on schedulehttps://twitter.com/Dustin_Hinkley/status/1034432153839443968 …
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I think that works best if it's still given the same live time treatment on displays/apps and such. Like just show the scheduled arrival, but in showing the next scheduled arrivals on the display it provides the same convenience as a tracker without need for live tracking
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so what I'm getting out of this is that the main appeal of a live tracker from your end is a shortlist of the next, say, three departure times, updated for whatever time you're at the station? there are apps like that for Japanese transit but (afaik) they use timetables, no GPS
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Yeah, pretty much. That's what I liked about the Japanese transit displays and such. They run consistently on schedule so they don't need to live-track with GPS or anything. But the displays still provide the convenience of always knowing exactly when the next times are
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right, right--I'm just saying you can find the same information that's being displayed by checking a timetable book or website (or reading a sign on the wall at the station, etc), even if it's hours or days before you're planning on making the trip
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...whereas the accuracy of trackers changes minute-by-minute. The most infuriating thing for me is when I check bus tracker and it tells me my bus will arrive 10 minutes behind schedule...so I arrive 5 minutes behind schedule...only to find the bus caught up and left on time!
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Trackers have no guarantee of accuracy even 5 minutes after you check them! You have to check and recheck and recheck until you're on board
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