Intervention: NJ Transit Train Status—Do the Math?

Intervention: NJ Transit Train Status—Do the Math?

You’re coming to a business meeting in New Jersey. You don’t ride NJ Transit every day, if ever. You arrive at the station house and see this screen: The red bars means trains are delayed, and green means they’re on time, right? Wrong, but it’s probably going to take you a while to realize it as you sort through the confusing information design, while urgently trying to figure out what track you’re supposed to be on. Hope you make your train! As you start to realize that you’re wrong, you notice the light gr...