On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:45:36 +0000, James Farrar
wrote:

I would agree, except that you know it would go "the next stop is big
pause Foo Street"...

And "the next stop" would get annoying. Originally, they used to say
"Route NN to XX", and the "Route" was dropped, presumably for that
reason.

I have to say, I love iBus. When I travel somewhere for the first
time, I get the stop name I need to get off at, and just wait for it
to be announced. What it is doesn't necessarily matter.

I like it as well. It's one of the best things you can do to buses to
make them accessible to blind people, people who don't know the route
and people who just want to read the paper and not look out of the
window. A massive leap for passenger-friendliness, though admittedly
well behind the rest of Europe who've had it for years.

Neil

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