Nothing makes me more frustrated than waiting for the subway, not knowing how many more minutes will go by before the light appears at the end of the tunnel. (Which reminds me of that clever and provocative quote: The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.)
My question is: Why are announcements made as to the next arriving train in some stations but not others? Eventually the MTA may catch up to its peer agencies around the world and finally introduce electronic notification systems. (Have you ever noticed that subway systems in “Old Europe” are so much more advanced than here in the New World? Thanks must go to our federal system and our state government for diverting resources from mass transit.) In the meantime, MTA bureaucrats, can you please simply make these timetable announcements a regular feature, systemwide?
MTA’s been putting these in on the L train line stations.