Transport for London have got in touch with some 'good news' for bus users.
After a lot of promises they are finally ready to roll out the new electronic bus stop announcements. The idea being that the new system would use sattelite technolocy to trace where the buses actually were - rather than the current system which is based on a fair amount of guesswork.More details can be found on the TfL website. It boasts that:
"From 2011, we will be introducing a new, improved Countdown that will show bus arrival predictions for every one of London's 19,000 bus stops"
However that might be a bit of hype - as later on it says:
"New Countdown signs will be installed at stops where they will provide the most benefit to the greatest number of passengers. Factors that will be taken into account when assessing stops will be:
- How many passengers use the stop
- How close is the stop to centres of population
- Distance to transport interchanges
- Distance to key local services
- Number of low frequency or night routes serving the stop"
Which doesn't sound like "everyone of London's 19,000 stops" at all!
It gets worse - Camden is being asked where it wants its sites - and I've been sent the link to Fortune Green's allocation - shown on the map below...
Its a little better in West Hampstead - where the West End Green stop will get a new sign - with the possibility of a few extra further down West End Lane.
However, getting decent information about when the C11 is actually going to show up was one of my big hopes for the scheme - and it appears we're going to be missed out entirely.
I will respond to the consultation (although they do say that they have already made their minds up on the red sites) but if anyone else has any thoughts - do let me know in the comments below.
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