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Old September 17th 09, 07:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Furious Boris orders TfL to restore the Thames on the new map

On 17 Sep, 19:37, Paul Terry wrote:
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Mizter T writes

Anyway, it all seems a rather inevitable course of events! But
inspired by "Basil Jet's" comments in his reply, what other features
do utl-ers think should be on the map (a crowded, busy, non-clean
version if you will)? Heathrow flightpaths? Thames Water Ring Main?
Air quality? Decent minicab firms? High-frequency night bus routes
that mirror Tube lines? The aural footprint of the Bow Bells?


You might think riverbus services, if the Thames is to be reinstated ...
but somehow I think not.
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Paul Terry


I think pretty well all people do need all of the following to plan
and pay for their journey on the London Underground.

1) the lines
2) the stations
3) the interchanges
4) the fare zones

Some people also need

5) the accessible stations (and they'll get rid of that clutter if
they ever all are)

Nobody needs

6) Advertising for Ikea
7) Any of the previous suggestions that were nothing to do with
transport (eg Bow Bells, water mains).
8) Transport-related information for systems they aren't using at the
time, which is why bus, taxi and NR information is debatable.
9) The Thames, particularly, although it causes so little bother that
I can't see why they got rid of it.

There's a fuss because information directly necessary for travelling
on LU has been removed, and the objections don't need to be
ridicularised by suggesting that people want all sorts of other
rubbish.

I wonder if there is a single case of a person losing their way on the
system because of the "clutter"? Who are all these people complaining
about it?