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Old January 28th 11, 10:56 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport.buses
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Default Route number specific bus branding [was: Bus route - going backto depot]

Paul wrote on 28 January 2011 11:01:07 ...
On Jan 28, 10:30 am, wrote:
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Just to put my twopennyworth in, I don't like the policy where the
front of the bus only shows the final destination. I realise that this
may hae something to do with the provision of better information for
people with poor eyesight, but it seems a shame that improvements for
ne set of passenger has to be at the expense of another set of
passengers. London gets a lot of tourists who are not familiar with
the bus network and who need to know where the buses go. (eg if you
are on Regent Street and want to go to the Tower of London, and you
see a no. 15 with the destination "Blackwall", you would not
necessarily realise that this bus takes you where you want to go.)


Hear hear. I was in Piccadilly on Wednesday and saw endles 38s going by,
often with different destinations but absolutely no clue as to how they
could get there. Given they appear to be dot matrix type displays, they
could easily scroll as is done by any other bus and train companies. I
suppose the argument might be that the bus stop has all the info you need?

MaxB


The same argument applies to provision of space for buggies on buses.


No it doesn't. You're introducing an entirely separate issue. Start
your own thread, and omit uk.transport.london if it's not about London.
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