Save the clicky mechanical sign at Union Station!
The manual sign that is currently up at Union Station is scheduled to be replaced with an electronic station as early as this spring! Speaking for myself, it's one of the joys of visiting the train station, listening to the sign as it changes with new information. It also provides an excellent audio queue that something has changed. The new boards are going to be silent.
Let's see if we can get community involvement going and save this piece of New Haven history!
Article for more info:
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/12/schedule_board.php#018410more
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Closing issue because it sounds like DOT has already made up their mind about this (without asking the community first), and that nothing will be done going forward except the clicky sign being taken down.
Pioneer -- Yes, the LCD type boards at Grand Central would be acceptable to me. They definately fit in much better with a historic building than LED type boards. In fact, DOT originally said the boards were to be made to the same speciciations as Grand Central, but it doesn't seem that way now. If you can somehow get them to change back to LCD, I think that would go a long way towards keeping the beautiful historic character of Union Station intact.
I take the metro north every day. wether it is a flip type or an lcd it is going to say the same thing!!!! why waste extra money to keep theold one in place? to be cute? it is ridiculous to spend money on it. think of what the money can be used for:
paying the 30 people who work at the staion to stand around and not work or ever put salt on what
seems to be a frozen pond outside the station
Thank you for the update Pioneer. Hope they go with the LCD sign and find a place for Clicky.
Resident - I'm sorry, but nobody from City Hall or the DOT can confirm that it is going to stay, because right now - it's not. It can, most likely, be confirmed that the sign will be preserved and shown on display either at the museum or, if space can be found, at a visible location in the station. But, unfortunately - right now, the sign will be leaving.
And as far as I'm concerned, the new signs will be LDS. I'm going to try contacting CTDOT, I'll see if they've considered an LCD sign. An LCD sign (which is what GCT has, Penn station, and people can't even tell the difference between LCD and Solari besides the flipping) according to people I've asked would be an acceptable replacement for the solari, and is much more preferred than the LCD board.
That sign is flipping awesome!
Save the sign!
Can someone from New Haven City Hall or ConnDOT post and confirm that the sign is going to stay?