Ok, come to think of it, after our last trip there is one thing that should be easy for VIA Rail to update since I assume all that's involved is computer programming (oh, is that all :-) ): the in-car journey status display. You can see them attached to our car's ceiling in the photo above.
Here's a close up. Yeah, the clarity of my zoom isn't the greatest, and there's a bit of in-car motion to further shake things up, but the key thing is clear: the static VIA logo takes up a lot of space and crams the important upcoming destination status information to the bottom of the display. Also, that little arrow supposedly showing where we are doesn't move so it doesn't actually give an indication of where the train is. The train's speed is almost illegible in the lower right corner.
That's my black-and-white sketch for a slightly updated journey status display. The little red arrow is meant to move as the train gets closer to the next station, and ETAs are shown under the upcoming stations. Lots of refinement is possible and needed of course, but that is the basic idea to make the display a little more readable and a little more informative.
Before I go, this wouldn't be one of my VIA posts if it didn't include a video. This time though I'll mix things up and leave you with a TTC video that'll take you to the far reaches of Scarborough: