Abstract: A display apparatus which, in a preferred embodiment, advantageously serves as a real time information source for users of a transit vehicle traffic report system. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a pole-mounted housing having an oblong shape and being formed from two separate portions, each made of a scratch-resistant, plastic material. The two plastic portions are bolted to one another through suitable apertures in a metal pole. Each portion is enclosed by a channel member which both encloses the respective plastic portion and engages one side of the pole. Seals run along the intersection of the two plastic portions and their respective channel members. The front plastic portion encloses the electronics and provides a recess for mounting an electronic display. The rear plastic portion encloses a plurality of batteries.

Abstract: A method and system integrated into and carried out in conjunction with a public transit vehicle arrival information system. The system of the invention comprises at least the receiver portion of a display module which is positioned adjacent a central computer and which provides a received signal indication to the central computer. The received signal indication is, within a fraction of a millisecond, the indicator for signal reception by all receivers in an entire transit system. The central computer uses the received signal indication to calculate the time delay between calculation of arrival times and receipt of the broadcast arrival time data at a plurality of remotely located display modules. The central computer then generates a correction signal which is queued for broadcast to the remote display modules and which instructs the display modules to subtract the calculated time delay from the previously transmitted arrival time.