(28 Jan 2018, 6:31 pm)Jamie M wrote It looks stylish and much bolder. You can see what bus you're going to get on, no pointless via-point clutter that very few people can read. This may be me being naive, but who gets on a bus without knowing where it's heading? Half the time the older folks or less-abled can't even read the display and ask the driver anyway. The number of folk who do not have internet access, are afraid to speak to drivers and have no idea how to get somewhere by bus is probably very small. Nexus and whatnot also give good advice of how to get around. Yes, it needs to be easy to find - but I'd gather a huge percentage find it extremely easy to find the right bus.

I couldn't give a rats chuff about how stylish it is.
I want it to be functional and serve its purpose, so that everyone can make use of public transport.

I think you miss the point slightly regarding people boarding a bus and not knowing where they're going.
The point I was making, was that not everyone has an encyclopedic knowledge of buses, not everyone can read timetables and not everyone has the confidence or ability to speak to people and ask questions (I think that last point is more than obvious when reading contributions on this forum). However the need to make public transport accessible to all, is huge thing. Whether it be DDA regs, drivers being trained in hidden disabilities (see link I shared in bus passes thread) or anything else - such as single line destination blinds.

The timetable issue is a big thing.
It is taught in schools http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/time/timetable-problems

It is also taught to adults or teenagers undertaking Functional Skills
https://www.skillsworkshop.org/resources...an-journey

So not only is using the internet not always feasible, but we have people who can't or wont ask questions, we have people who cant or struggle to read timetables and now we have blinds that don't list via points (however perfect or imperfect previous scrolling displays were).

In essence, we handful of barriers put in place through mental, social or other issues and another put in place by the operator.