Next-bus countdown clocks are so yesterday. The MTA – which once envisioned electronic message boards with bus arrival times along its routes – is now more focused on getting bus info to passengers ...

TV viewers, generally speaking, hate ads. Now Turner Broadcasting — hoping to deter audiences from skipping or tuning out commercials — has ripped a page from the online-video playbook with the test ...

Watching presidential candidates struggling to squeeze their debate statements into 30- or 60-second bites reminds me they are just like kids in class. Timers are becoming key to school instruction, ...

Timing is everything -- especially when it comes to crossing the mean streets of New York. Now, hundreds of New York City crosswalks will be getting pedestrian countdown clocks. From Park Avenue to ...

Waiting on a subway platform, unsure when (or if) a train will arrive can be a frustrating experience. But over the past few years, the MTA has started to roll out digital countdown clocks at stops ...

In anticipation of its new deep space explorer, NASA has unveiled a sleek countdown display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The modern, digital LED display is replacing the iconic analog ...

The MBTA celebrated Earth Day by launching several customer service enhancements to make public transit even easier, including installing a new bus countdown system at Dudley Station, adding ...