[Colorado-talk] Automated Stop Announcements

Tue Sep 24 23:46:25 UTC 2013

I had the same experience on the Dash and  Skip today. External
announcements but no ASA. I was on some buses last week which had ASA
on, but they seemed randomly interspersed with most buses having no
ASA.

Very frustrating.
Arielle

On 9/24/13, Beth Taurasi <denverqueen1107 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 9/24/2013 11:36 AM, Brent Batron wrote:
>> RTD phased in pieces of the ASA system.  First it started with getting the
>> visual display on the busses which also started to announce "Stop
>> Requested" and display the time.  Both of which was not particularly
>> helpful, just the start of the rollout.  The next phase was to get the
>> display borad to show visually the next stop.  This means that visually
>> you could read "S Broadway and Littleton Blvd".  Along with that came the
>> external announcements, which seems to work quite well.  The last phase
>> was to be and is still the audible information which would read aloud the
>> visual display.  That was to be rolled out on all 1,004 busses yesterday
>> September 23rd.
>>
>> That has not happened.  And I am as disappointed as anyone.  I have
>> emailed the project coordinator and am awaiting a response at this point.
>>
>> If anyone is actually on a bus that has the ASA fully in place and you
>> hear every stop please let me know.  At this point, I believe that the
>> only audio information is the external and the stop requested
>> announcements.  If  I am wrong please tell me.  This system will be great
>> and the fact is that we will still have input on modifications that need
>> to be made.  DO NOT be shy about giving feedback.  I encourage this to be
>> a topic on every metro area NFB chapter agenda so that we can keep the
>> topic alive and we can have the best input possible.  But also make no
>> mistake the system was supposed to be fully implemented and functioning as
>> of yesterday September 23rd.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Ryan O.
>> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 5:52 PM
>> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Automated Stop Announcements
>>
>> I don't believe the interior automated stop announcements are ready yet.
>> Last time I checked, they were slated to be released sometime in early
>> 2014.
>>
>>
>>
>> RyanO
>>
>> On Sep 23, 2013, at 5:33 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been riding the Dash bus (Boulder/Louisville/Lafayette) and
>>> noticed that sometimes the automated announcement sounds when I get on
>>> but then it doesn't announce the stops. Maybe it's half working?
>>> Arielle
>>>
>>> On 9/23/13, Dan Burke <burke.dall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Good morning,
>>>>
>>>> RTD was schedculed to roll out its Automated Stop Announcement system
>>>> this morning - something the NFB of Colorado has been working toward
>>>> for years.
>>>>
>>>> Route 66 westbound this morning didn't have it working.  Wonder of
>>>> other Metro area riders noticed it working or not?
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
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> Brent and all,
> I was on a bus 9 and I was impressed with what was there.  But it needed
> to do the stops, the stops in the bus so that I knew what wascoming.
> I'm a bit disappointed as all of us are.
> Beth
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