There was a post I can't find at the minute by someone whose core point was "digital displays aren't always better than paper maps MTA, the displays are really

There was a post I can't find at the minute by someone whose core point was "digital displays aren't always better than paper maps MTA, the displays are really hard to read and much lower resolution". It was a good design article to my recollection, but yeah I can't find it unfortunately. But: > I think the bigger offense with the displays isn't the ads (the subway is already plastered with them, and the new screens will pay for themselves in that manner) Of course seeing ads isn't new -- the point is the displays were put in at least partially to serve as station info. c.f. https://new.mta.info/accessibility/stationlab/CICs https://new.mta.info/accessibility/stationlab/CICs In my experience, they literally do not function that way, they don't give information in a timely manner such that you can decide whether to wait or not without standing there waiting till it finally shifts to the screen with service info, which can take minutes. But maybe we can agree both are big issues :) -- the map thing is certainly something I sympathize with -- all in all, I think the displays are a failure other than for making ad revenue, so we the transiters have lost again.