Arthur David Olson
@dashdashado.bsky.social
ADO about nothing much.
Wan, testy, and reedy.
Takoma Park, MD, USA.
Here it's (mostly) dull live streams of city council meetings and quarterly checks of infrastructure matters. For just the less-dull stuff, see @dashdashado@wandering.shop.
Wan, testy, and reedy.
Takoma Park, MD, USA.
Here it's (mostly) dull live streams of city council meetings and quarterly checks of infrastructure matters. For just the less-dull stuff, see @dashdashado@wandering.shop.
Quarterly @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: still animated rail arrival time displays.
Fix: remove and sell every last expensive, unreliable electronic display in the system.
And: forced resignations of those who ordered it, wasting money on programming and driving up fares.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Fix: remove and sell every last expensive, unreliable electronic display in the system.
And: forced resignations of those who ordered it, wasting money on programming and driving up fares.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Quarterly @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: still animated rail arrival time displays.
Fix: remove and sell every last expensive, unreliable electronic display in the system.
And: forced resignations of those who ordered it, wasting money on programming and driving up fares.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Fix: remove and sell every last expensive, unreliable electronic display in the system.
And: forced resignations of those who ordered it, wasting money on programming and driving up fares.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Quarterly @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: still starts automated public address announcements with "May I have your attention please?" Then impolitely forges ahead even when I respond "No."
Fix: "Your attention please" (as at Amtrak's Union Station).
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Fix: "Your attention please" (as at Amtrak's Union Station).
@wmatagm.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Quarterly @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: still starts automated public address announcements with "May I have your attention please?" Then impolitely forges ahead even when I respond "No."
Fix: "Your attention please" (as at Amtrak's Union Station).
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Fix: "Your attention please" (as at Amtrak's Union Station).
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Quarterly @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: northbound series-7000 train displays still automatedly announce Mt. Vernon Square as a Yellow Line transfer station. The Yellow Line does not (now) run north of Mt. Vernon Square.
Fix: sell every electronic display in the system.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Fix: sell every electronic display in the system.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Quarterly @metrorailinfo.bsky.social check: northbound series-7000 train displays still automatedly announce Mt. Vernon Square as a Yellow Line transfer station. The Yellow Line does not (now) run north of Mt. Vernon Square.
Fix: sell every electronic display in the system.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Fix: sell every electronic display in the system.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Quarterly check mixed news.
Good: audio working on multi-bay display at Brookland Station; a first (in my experience) for such displays. Thanks @metrobusinfo.bsky.social.
Bad: low volume; unintelligible.
Fix: install and maintain paper timetables everywhere; remove displays.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Good: audio working on multi-bay display at Brookland Station; a first (in my experience) for such displays. Thanks @metrobusinfo.bsky.social.
Bad: low volume; unintelligible.
Fix: install and maintain paper timetables everywhere; remove displays.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Quarterly check mixed news.
Good: audio working on multi-bay display at Brookland Station; a first (in my experience) for such displays. Thanks @metrobusinfo.bsky.social.
Bad: low volume; unintelligible.
Fix: install and maintain paper timetables everywhere; remove displays.
@wmatagm.bsky.social
Good: audio working on multi-bay display at Brookland Station; a first (in my experience) for such displays. Thanks @metrobusinfo.bsky.social.
Bad: low volume; unintelligible.
Fix: install and maintain paper timetables everywhere; remove displays.
@wmatagm.bsky.social