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More on NY Subway LCD Maps

The always-informative Martin Deutsch pointed out that the LCD strip maps are standard on the new R160B subway stock. It turns out they’ve been entering service since 2007, as covered in the New York Times City Room blog, after a 2005 mockup.

Of course, this being America (land of the PATRIOT act, etc) they have a suspiciously apposite acronym: FIND, Flexible Information and Notice Display. One wonders how long that took compared to actually building them. Martin also notes that “The previous generation used strip maps with LED indicators which, IMO, are more readable, but less useful when they move trains to other lines. They do have a ’Route change - listen for announcements’ (or similar) light for that occasion.”