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Neil Williams · May 15th 05, 10:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sat, 14 May 2005 15:04:42 GMT,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:

This was certainly the case in Leeds a few years ago (they may have
changed it since). The buses run by First had a dot matrix display up
front (I think it was reflective/mechanical, rather than LEDs), but
rather than remain static with the number/destination, they changed to
show the conceit of which "line" (i.e. basic route, but with obvious
variations) it was, as well. It was not unusual to have the wait
almost until the last minute to work out exactly what number an
approaching bus actually was.

Poor design, then. The best approach, AFAIAC, is to have two rows of
text with a double-height number, the terminus in bold on the top line
and a via point (possibly scrolling or changing) below. If the via
point is redundant (e.g. an express service) double-height text could
be used.

The side/rear blinds should show at minimum number and destination. I
find the London style of showing only a via point on the side blind
quite annoying.

Neil

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