Looking At Things From a Different Angle

[gnomi]

For the second time this week, I was on a bus this morning that had an ad poster pasted on the inside of the bus roof. Is this some new strategy from the T? Both buses in question were on the 66 route, during the morning rush hour. The only good way to read the ads that I could figure out would be to lie on the floor of the bus and look up. And the new buses barely have enough room for people to stand when the seats are all occupied. I can't imagine what the crowding would be like if someone were lying on the bus floor!

Comments

[madfilkentist]

That can't be any worse than the ads that they ran for a while on monitor screens in the subway tunnels. Subliminal advertising, maybe?

[xochitl42.livejournal.com]

Man, they're gonna start trying that in New York soon.

And I don't know if you've already seen the floor posters--ads for Discovery Channel shows and all kinds of other stuff, made of some kind of fairly durable rubbery plastic that sticks to the floor, in high-traffic areas.

I think it's kinda creepy.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

We've got floor posters. Subway stations with large lobbyish areas, such as Harvard Square, have been sprouting them on and off for a bit.

*needs a transit-related icon*

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Could be. I'm not sure why they stopped the monitor screen ads, but they seem to be gone from the tunnel between Harvard and Central.