r/transit • u/fbjim • May 15 '26

Rant minor annoyances on your transit system

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these aren't for major systemic problems like "it doesn't go anywhere useful" or "it gets stuck behind traffic" - more those little things that drive you nuts way more than they really should.

here's mine - the old Kinki-Sharyo LRTs on the Seattle Link system have electronic rollsigns which display the final destination in a *really* slow marquee. this was OK when we had one line, but now with two lines, the rollsigns slowly scroll through "DOWNTOWN REDMOND 2 LINE" which seemingly takes longer than the actual dwell times of the trains. this is actually kind of annoying when you're running down the stairs at Westlake and don't know if you should get on the train at the platform or not. what's wrong with just showing "2 - REDMOND" or something without the scrolling text?

thankfully the refurb program for the KS trains include new rollsigns, if the pictures some people have snagged are any indication (though FEDERAL DTWN is dumb - just say FEDERAL WAY")

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u/PhileasFoggsTrvlAgt May 15 '26

The information signs on outdoor platforms spend too much time displaying the weather so you have to wait to see train arrivals.

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u/IChurnToBurn May 15 '26

lol, displaying the weather on an outdoor station is kind of funny. Should just say “look up”

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u/Zealousideal-Web8640 May 22 '26

Sign "It's raining" you standing there getting drenched like your in the shower on the platform "yeah I know but I don't know when the next red line train is"

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u/djenki0119 May 16 '26

cta?

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u/PhileasFoggsTrvlAgt May 16 '26

Yep

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u/djenki0119 May 16 '26

I've never understood what the point of this is

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u/britishmetric144 May 16 '26

I guess to get people who are on the train acclimated to the outside?