{"items": [{"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/792639911142?comment_id=792650469982", "anchor": "fb-792650469982", "service": "fb", "text": "Announcements are a poor way of communicating this kind of complicated information, because of their ephemeral nature.  Visual displays make more sense (except for the blind, of course).", "timestamp": "1465782002"}, {"author": "Jan-Willem", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/100580955183019057735", "anchor": "gp-1465820588390", "service": "gp", "text": "This is the sort of thing that bugs me (except that this specific example hasn't come up for some reason).  But I would definitely love to see posted bus route guides at every T stop that has bus connections.", "timestamp": 1465820588}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/792639911142?comment_id=792953612482", "anchor": "fb-792953612482", "service": "fb", "text": "Same kind of problem at subway stations in NYC, and I think Andy is wrong. I'd love to have the recording announce either \"a Brooklyn bound C train\" or \"a Brooklyn bound B train\" rather than \"a Brooklyn bound train\" at the Brooklyn bound platform!", "timestamp": "1465860631"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/792639911142?comment_id=792953612482&reply_comment_id=792955533632", "anchor": "fb-792953612482_792955533632", "service": "fb", "text": "→ The NYC subway has different problems than the Boston T.  The subway is a lot more variable and complicated.  The T is simpler and more static.  They will both certainly announce exceptions (this train express to Kenmore).  Definitely useful to know whether you're getting a B or C train (in either NYC or Boston).", "timestamp": "1465861485"}, {"author": "Ruthan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/792639911142?comment_id=792953612482&reply_comment_id=792967030592", "anchor": "fb-792953612482_792967030592", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I read a really, really long (and interesting) article recently about why the NYC signalling system doesn't know what trains are coming.", "timestamp": "1465866714"}, {"author": "Ruthan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/792639911142?comment_id=792953612482&reply_comment_id=792967170312", "anchor": "fb-792953612482_792967170312", "service": "fb", "text": "→ aha! http://www.theatlantic.com/.../why-dont-we-know.../415152/", "timestamp": "1465866751"}]}