Logan Airport may get electronic bus signs

BOSTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The board of directors of the Massachusetts Port Authority may put computerized signs at Logan International Airport that give bus arrival times.

The signs would tell passengers how long they have to wait for an airport shuttle bus or a Logan Express coach, The Boston Globe reported Friday.

The Port Authority has approved a $1.9 million upgrade of a system used to dispatch taxicabs and limousines and collect fees they pay Massport to serve airport passengers.

Francis Anglin, Massport's information services director, told the Globe installing the system is subject to Massport directors approving funding in a capital plan early next year.

"I'd like to shoot to get it in late fall 2008," Anglin said. "We'd really like to get it on the 22 and 33 buses" that take riders to the MBTA Airport Blue Line station. "We know that people get frustrated, especially when they come in late at night and they're waiting to get the bus to the T and after a long trip to Boston they don't know how long they're going to have to wait."