Riders react to Transit TV

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Yes, I really despise Transit TV. The incessant “credit problems” commercials are enough to make one mad, but their “useful” aspects are anything but. The weather report is always a day old, and often they don’t even mention Milwaukee. The news reports are mediocre at best— just how much information can you get in one or two sentences?

I have also been told that the bus drivers do not have the option of turning the TVs off, or even adjusting the volume. Can you imagine trying to drive in that kind of work environment? Sometimes it is so loud you can’t even talk to the person next to you without shouting.

I also noticed today that the voice that announces the available routes at a stop was incorrect—it announced a route that isn’t there anymore, and missed another.
—Erica

Gosh, I’m really generally annoyed by Transit TV. It is often super loud, such that I can hear it through my headphones…and most of the time lately it isn’t even accurate - news and even the routes are not displayed correctly - or stops announced. So what benefit I might get from it is lost.

In fact, a large number of them lately have been sound, with the screen blank. Or the sound is completely garbled.

On Tuesday night I was on the bus coming home about 11 p.m. And they had the weather report, for Tuesday, on Transit TV. Telling everyone what the weather was today. Guess I’m a dope for watching, but this was more current than some of the broadcasts. I have seen “news” on Transit TV that was 4 months old, with no dates. When I got back home to my “reality” screen (the truth we call the Internet) I typed a few words to locate the story Transit TV said was “news” and sure enough, it was a story. Was.

I don’t really mind the t.v. on the bus. Doesn’t disturb our reading. Although why they show the weather from the day before is beyond me. LOL My son always likes the “who is this person” segment. But having the time displayed and where we are in the route is nice. Like everything else it needs some improving.

Hmm, I wonder what it cost to have those things installed? Money that could have been spent on the routes? Or are they paid for by sponsors? If so, sponsors could use their money more wisely.

A couple of years ago there was a good ad on the bus warning folks about mortgage scams. And they ran it in Spanish, too. It was powerful, showing equal opportunity scammers. It may have saved some folks from losing a house through foreclosure in the past few months. But most of the Transit TV ads are preposterous weight loss, financial gain (earn $250,000 sitting on your bum), and loan sharking crapola.

Why do the weather reports from other cities never include Milwaukee? Do they think the bus riders are all riding to the airport and are about to fly to another city? Did they forget Milwaukee was the second metro area to buy Transit TV service?