Richard J. wrote:


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But if they are going to standardise on one design of bus stop sign, I'd
much prefer the white-on-red of the current request stop, as IMHO it's
much more visible from a distance than the compulsory stop. I've
suggested this in my response to TfL. What do others think?


Apart from the visibility, it has better 'backward compatibility' in the
sense that passengers who haven't upgraded themselves to the new protocol
won't miss their stop when alighting (though they will still redundantly
signal the driver when boarding)!