22 Feb 2018, 7:50 am
#175
(21 Feb 2018, 7:04 pm)cbma06 There’s a lot of bus services out there now and the past which were in the same boat and there have all managed somehow, if you wanting a half way point then message the appropriate bus company so there can terminate the service at half way mark, the 18/19 in Sunderland managed years ago with just grindon as the destination, most. Us stops have a list of where the bus goes, also internet, I would say 50/50 on the so called paper timetables.
I remember when the paper timetables also had the fare stages on 
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Remember the days of step entrance buses? Aye, a number of us managed then. Not everyone though.
Time moved on and now even more people can access a bus thanks to legislation that introduced low floor vehicles.
I'm personally not a fan of next stop announcements, but I can see the benefits they bring compared to having to rely on a driver.
Imagine a partially sighted person needing to count every turn and movement on the bus so they knew where to get off?
I suppose they managed before the NSA's were introduced...
So let's go the whole hog, bringing back step entrance buses and getting rid of NSA's too.
Single destination blinds have been and gone and now are back. Why on earth would operators have introduced multiple lines with via points in the first place?
Just for the craic or to try and ensure passengers had enough information in order to board the correct bus?
Unfortunately (and I've said it many times before), not everyone can access the internet (cost being amongst one of the many factors stopping access) and not everyone can interpret timetables.
Hence the need for a balanced and uniform method of illustrating 'via points', that suits and benefits all passengers - whether they like seeing them or not.
I'll just leave this here for everyone to read:
https://brandontrust.org/media/59175/100...report.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiKtrDSgbnZAhUNbVAKHSGWD9QQFggjMAk&usg=AOvVaw3Rt4vLs5jv1ASIsuURaDBy
'Illegitimis non carborundum'
