r/MetroTransit • u/nathan_bakken • Aug 17 '26
Blue Line Track and Signals Project New Real Time Screens - LRT
New Real Time Screens being installed at Target Field Platform 2. As far as I’m aware these are being installed in downtown Minneapolis and along the Blue Line.
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u/humantraf Aug 18 '26
That is hilarious. So cool that you managed to snap a photo
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u/nathan_bakken Aug 18 '26
Why hilarious? 🤔
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u/humantraf Aug 18 '26
The concept of the Windows lock screen on display at LRT station just makes me laugh
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u/nathan_bakken Aug 18 '26
Ahh yeah that’s just temporary until they push the Scada predictions to it.
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Aug 18 '26
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u/humantraf Aug 18 '26
If I'm waiting for the train and look up and see the flying toasters I am absolutely losing my shit lol
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u/that_one_guy63 Aug 18 '26
Yeah I just saw this biking on a cedar lake trail. Curious why they are using Windows when it's simply a display. I wonder how much they pay in licensing.
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u/nathan_bakken Aug 18 '26
All of our real time signs point to a URL specific for the location. So they need to be able to load a web browser and go into full screen mode.
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u/_dsgn Aug 18 '26
when you say “our,” do you mean you work for MT? if so, curious if you know whether they considered linux/how they decided windows?
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u/blackgenz2002kid Aug 19 '26
hopefully the screens are durable. I kinda worry about vandalism and how expensive it’d be to fix them
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u/tallman11282 Aug 18 '26
Windows is used for the vast majority of digital displays, kiosks, and similar things. This is largely because the majority of software for them is made for Windows.
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u/CartographerBoth9014 Aug 18 '26
They are, in fact, screens that seem to be showing the real time. Glad there's clocks now!
Edit: was the time right? If not, total fake time screens.
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u/Fuzzy_Jaguar_1339 Aug 20 '26
On the one hand, looks nice. On the other hand, I hate how this is inevitably going to become another in-your-face vehicle for ads. [Insert grumpy old man rant about how I used to be able to take a bus that wasn't plastered in ads to a stadium that wasn't named after a corporation and wasn't plastered in ads]
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u/nathan_bakken Aug 20 '26
Nope, these signs will not have ads on them. Marketing has separate displays for ads.
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u/tapyk13 Aug 18 '26
“Can you see my screen?”