[Colorado-talk] Automated Stop Announcements

[Dan Burke]

It sounds like there was a glitch that required RTD to bring in an
engineer from the contractor.  We should see some, but not all, ASA
starting tomorrow, with the rest being added in by Thursday.

Keep your ears open and ... fingers crossed!

On 9/24/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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