Friday, May 19, 2006

No Information Breeds Stress


Ruoholahti
Originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Visited Ruoholahti metro station today. It's the end of the line, so sometimes the trains just stand there waiting for their scheuled departure time. However, coming down the escalator to the platform there's no information on when the train will leave, you actuall have to go onto the platform and look around to find the screens showing the departure time. This results in people running from the escalator into the nearest metro car, and then waitng several minutes for the train to leave. The cars further away stay empty, even if there was plenty of time to walk to them. But how would anyone know if there's plenty of time or not?

A big screen at the bottom of the escalator telling how much time there's left before departure might save a few stressed out commuters from high blood pressure.

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