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Are you trolling? Are you seriously suggesting that having to find a website or app then starting it up and trying to view it on a tinky winky 4 inch screen is easier than just looking at a huge metre square map on a wall? I don't want to be in the position of having to purchase some overpriced iToy that I don't need just to be able to get basic information in a city. Perhaps borrow one for a bit. I said a while ago that journey planners were the best thing that ever happened to public transport. Add a smartphone, and it truly is a "killer app". Try it before you reject the idea totally. Neil -- Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply. |
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On 20 Aug 2012 09:59:13 GMT
Neil Williams wrote: Perhaps borrow one for a bit. I said a while ago that journey planners were the best thing that ever happened to public transport. Add a smartphone, and it truly is a "killer app". Try it before you reject the idea totally. I'm not buying a smartphone just to read a map. Navigating a metro system is hardly rocket science. A map on a wall is all anyone needs unless they're terminally stupid and need to be spoon fed even the simplest information. B2003 |
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On Aug 20, 11:22*am, wrote:
I'm not buying a smartphone just to read a map. Navigating a metro system is hardly rocket science. A map on a wall is all anyone needs unless they're terminally stupid and need to be spoon fed even the simplest information. Boltar I don't always agree with your sentiments, but in this case I think you are right. Relatively speaking, it is cheap and easy for maps to be posted up on the walls in various strategic places (platforms, for example), where a quick glance "I need to go down there a bit, then over there a bit" tells the traveller enough. By all means have a technological solution *as well*, but not *instead*. PhilD -- |
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On 20/08/2012 20:14, PhilD wrote:
On Aug 20, 11:22 am, wrote: I'm not buying a smartphone just to read a map. Navigating a metro system is hardly rocket science. A map on a wall is all anyone needs unless they're terminally stupid and need to be spoon fed even the simplest information. Boltar I don't always agree with your sentiments, but in this case I think you are right. Relatively speaking, it is cheap and easy for maps to be posted up on the walls in various strategic places (platforms, for example), where a quick glance "I need to go down there a bit, then over there a bit" tells the traveller enough. That works if there is a turn-up and go service everywhere, or the map shows details like "runs every half hour", "match days only", "no service on St Fred's day", etc, and the passenger has a way of finding out when those things are. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:57:59 +0100
Arthur Figgis wrote: I don't always agree with your sentiments, but in this case I think you are right. Relatively speaking, it is cheap and easy for maps to be posted up on the walls in various strategic places (platforms, for example), where a quick glance "I need to go down there a bit, then over there a bit" tells the traveller enough. That works if there is a turn-up and go service everywhere, or the map Is there a metro system in the world that isn't turn up and go? B2003 |
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Is there a metro system in the world that isn't turn up and go? Merseyrail on a Sunday. The S Bahn Stuttgart. Neil -- Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply. |
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On 21 Aug 2012 09:18:26 GMT
Neil Williams wrote: wrote: Is there a metro system in the world that isn't turn up and go? Merseyrail on a Sunday. The S Bahn Stuttgart. Are you suggesting you have to book in advance to use these systems on a sunday? Excuse me if I'm not convinced. B2003 |
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On 21/08/2012 10:18, Neil Williams wrote:
wrote: Is there a metro system in the world that isn't turn up and go? Merseyrail on a Sunday. The S Bahn Stuttgart. You might have had a fair wait at Shoreditch if you weren't careful. I'm pretty certain events-only stations exist at places like sports stadia. I think Ulm has a tram branch to a conference centre. Depending what counts as a metro, I think there are S-bahn branded rail services which are hourly, perhaps even every 2 h, which might catch out someone who is used to a Berlin-style operation. Southern "metro" services to Epsom Downs are hourly, although I'm not sure I have ever heard anyone outside Southern use the term. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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On 21/08/2012 10:18, Neil Williams wrote:
wrote: Is there a metro system in the world that isn't turn up and go? Merseyrail on a Sunday. The S Bahn Stuttgart. Neil Glasgow Subway on a Sunday? |
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