[Colorado-talk] Automated Stop Announcements

Wed Sep 25 13:00:51 UTC 2013

As I ride the 0 this morning I'm hearing the stops.

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> On Sep 24, 2013, at 6:24 PM, "Dan Burke" <burke.dall at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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