Solar E Ink Signs Go Live with Real-Time Information
Updated on February 24, 2020
We've deployed E Ink signs featuring real-time arrival predictions and service alerts at 18 bus stops throughout Greater Boston and 3 Green Line stations.
While real-time predictions can significantly improve the rider experience, not all of our stations and stops have the connectivity needed to display this information. Solar-powered E Ink signs help us solve this problem.
So far, we’ve:
- Removed all E Ink signs from the previous pilot so we can update their modems to 4G
- Installed 10 signs at 3 stops on the B, C, and E Lines
- Installed 18 new signs at bus stops in 6 municipalities
- Activated all 28 signs to show live data from MBTA's real-time predictions feed
Building a Better T
As part of our $9.6 billion, 5-year capital investment plan, we're renovating stations, modernizing fare collection systems, upgrading services for our buses, subways, and ferries, and improving the accessibility of the entire system.
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Sign Locations
Signs are installed in several communities throughout Greater Boston.
Belmont
Boston
- Back Bay: St. James Ave @ Dartmouth St
- Fort Hill: Malcolm X Blvd @ King St
- Fort Hill: Tremont St opposite Roxbury Crossing
- Hyde Park: Hyde Park Ave @ Oak St
- Mattapan: 1624 Blue Hill Ave
- Mission Hill: S. Huntington Ave @ Huntington Ave
- Roslindale: Washington St @ Firth Rd
- Roxbury: Warren St @ Quincy St
- Roxbury: Warren St @ Townsend St
- Roxbury: Blue Hill Ave @ Ellington St (Franklin Park Zoo)
- South End: Massachusetts Ave @ Harrison Ave
- Blandford Street
- Museum of Fine Arts
Brookline
Cambridge
Chelsea
Everett
Watertown
Photo Gallery
A rider gets ready to board a bus near Harvard Square as an E Ink sign displays real-time information
A close up of an E Ink sign at the Broadway bus stop in Everett
A closeup of an E Ink sign at the Warren St @ Quincy St stop in Roxbury (February 2020)
Building a Better T
As part of our $9.6 billion, 5-year capital investment plan, we're renovating stations, modernizing fare collection systems, upgrading services for our buses, subways, and ferries, and improving the accessibility of the entire system.