James Farrar wrote:
On 21 Jan 2007 05:33:35 -0800, "Mizter T"
wrote:

Martin Krieger wrote:

By the same token, non-Londoners often go to extreme lengths to
use the Tube, even where a simple bus journey (or sometimes even
a walk) would not only suffice, but be considerably quicker!

One thing I don't understand, and which might be a reason for
this, is that while they do excellent announcements on the Tube,
DLR etc., there is no passenger information at all on the buses.
When I'm not sure and ask the driver or other passengers they are
usually quite helpful. But of course if there where some
information it would make visitors feel more sure not to get lost.

Was it ever considered to do announcements on the bus? Is there
any special reason for not doing it?

Thanks
Martin


Expecting the driver to make announcements and drive/take fares and
inspect tickets is considered unfeasable, but expecting a computer
to
do ain't. Which is why such a project is in the pipeline - the iBus
project.

See: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/ini-ibus.asp

Oh, joy. Yet more audio assaults.

It needn't be. In Paris, you get a scrolling dot-matrix display showing
the name of the next or current stop, the destination, and estimated
times in minutes to the destination and an important intermediate stop.
The only audio announcement is of the name of the next stop just before
you reach it. Very useful indeed, and certainly not an assault.

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Richard J.
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