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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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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