So this is not good.
Amtrak cut over its iconic, clicking and clattering old school departure boards at NY Penn Station last fall for a shiny set of new LCD-based information displays, and someone’s content management system.
Gothamist is reporting today that the new video walls and related monitors were down for an hour or so this morning, and tweeted photos confirm the screens were “Waiting for server.”
I’m no developer, but I think most systems out there – at a bare minimum – will show locally stored if the central server goes out, so passengers don’t see a big wall of clue nothing.
Bad. Bad. Bad.
https://twitter.com/bkleinNYC/status/832617731434348544
https://twitter.com/jessicaottney/status/826870461988532224
Plus it worked.