Mark Skaziak, DART Lead Mechanic Passenger Amenities, explains how he's connected to the Green Line, one in the series of the I'm Connected® videos. DART I'm Connected® videos feature some of the behind-the-scene staff from community relations, creative services, maintenance, operations and construction. The series name plays off the marketing theme line currently in use by the multi-modal transit agency, "It's All Connected." New videos are added weekly.
Additionally, is it possible to program those LED clocks to display for example: "Upcoming Arrivals - Blue Line North 09:31am" or "#428 South Garland - 09:37am" This would significantly improve the overall scheduling structure vs. layering the updated time schedules. Sometimes, you'll find these layered 06 or 07 layers thick, 3/4"!
Gordon302 1 year ago
So, Mark. Maybe you can explain this. A year ago, Dart had a problem with
"copper thiefs", so they decided to concrete in the approaching train signals (the ones that look like #8's.) However, White Rock Station (North side), had a dangling strobe light below the LED clock. Now, the South side has the same issue. Also at that time, all four ticket vending machines were out of sync; I.E. different times off by as much as 07 minutes.
Gordon302 1 year ago