[Colorado-talk] Automated Stop Announcements

Wed Oct 2 10:39:30 UTC 2013

I should have expanded on that. Last I checked, the plan was to do a rollout of a few busses first, to make sure things were working as they should, and then to expand to the rest of the system. If people want, I can check into this.
Nehemiah Hall
NRH Technologies
On Sep 30, 2013, at 19:00, Ryan O. <rryano218 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was told today that the drivers have the option to turn the automated stop announcements off. Some drivers claim that they Deactivate them because they become annoyed by the constant announcements. If this is true, this may explain the Lack of consistency.
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> RyanO
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> On Sep 30, 2013, at 4:44 PM, "Scott C. LaBarre" <slabarre at labarrelaw.com> wrote:
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>> Greetings all, I am sure that there will be a number of bugs as the system
>> is implemented.  Regardless, if you ride a bus that doesn't have the system
>> going, please call RTD and file a complaint giving the time, Route number,
>> and bus number.  Also, if the system is not working, the driver has the
>> obligation to announce the stops and if you get on a bus and stops are not
>> being announced, go up and request that the driver announce them.
>> 
>> Best to all,
>> Scott
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Danielle Paullin
>> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 4:33 PM
>> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Automated Stop Announcements
>> 
>> Dear Dan,  I was on the 40 today.  It wasn't doing the automatic stop 
>> announcements.  I had to count how many stops it was until it got to my 
>> stop.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dan Burke" <burke.dall at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB of Colorado Discussion List" <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 11:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Automated Stop Announcements
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>> 
>>> ... and on the 40 on Saturday afternoon ...  it's great!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 9/30/13, maryannmigs at gmail.com <maryannmigs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> The automated stop announcement system is rolling out first in Boulder 
>>>> then
>>>> moving on to the Denver Area.  I have heard it on a few buses up here 
>>>> now,
>>>> and it's quite nice.
>>>> When all things are working correctly here are a few things to look 
>>>> forward
>>>> to.
>>>> As the driver opens the door the outside speaker announces the bus route
>>>> and
>>>> destination direction.  As the bus travels the stops are announced in a
>>>> clear voice, a little slow for my taste, but excellent anyway.  When
>>>> someone
>>>> pulls the cord to request a stop the system says "Stop requested."
>>>> I haven't ridden the buses when they are really noisy and crowded yet, 
>>>> but
>>>> those of us who went on demonstration rides were told that the system
>>>> cannot
>>>> be turned off by the drivers.
>>>> 
>>>> I hope this helps.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Maryann Migliorelli
>>>> 
>>>> 
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