(04 Jan 2015, 6:03 pm)citaro5284 wrote So a destination can have scrolling via points then.....

(04 Jan 2015, 6:06 pm)tyresmoke wrote The wording is "commercial advertising should not detract" from the clarity of the destinations and that "Other major points on the route can be included but they should not detract from the clarity of the ultimate destination" 

(04 Jan 2015, 9:32 pm)Andreos1 wrote Interesting to see nothing on the destination/number colour scheme specific to dyslexia or for those who are colour blind.
Granted, it says the details should contrast, but there are specific colours which work better than others.
Ditto with the font/typeface.

(08 Jan 2015, 6:44 pm)mb134 wrote Just wondering, does the bit about the service number being to the right of the destination apply to the rear destination (if applicable), as the rear display on 7524 has the route number on the left with the destination on the left.

(08 Jan 2015, 10:04 pm)tyresmoke wrote Rear numbers with a destination are best on the left, closest to the kerb.

(15 Aug 2015, 3:16 am)citaro5284 wrote http://rustyoldrubbish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/is-dda-killing-bus-industry.html

Is DDA killing the bus industry?

(15 Aug 2015, 6:55 am)Michael wrote People with pushchairs think they the right to be first in line for a space to

...as my nana says: I remember putting the pushchairs down in 3 foot snow in a snow storm and having 10 bags of shopping... its not bloody hard, people these days are lazy.

(15 Aug 2015, 6:55 am)Michael wrote I'm going to agree in some way....


Some designs for buses has got worse... StreetDecker is one of those...

Companies can't afford to buy DDA buses - massive batches....

Although

They help people with disabilities 
The elderly 

AND

People with pushchairs think they the right to be first in line for a space to

...as my nana says: I remember putting the pushchairs down in 3 foot snow in a snow storm and having 10 bags of shopping... its not bloody hard, people these days are lazy.

(15 Aug 2015, 9:29 am)Dan wrote I wholly agree that all buses should be low-floor. What I don't agree with is how low-floor vehicles which are perfectly accessible aren't DDA-compliant for the most minor things which barely inconvenience disabled passengers.

Modifying these vehicles (or replacing them with vehicles which are DDA-compliant) would be a huge cost to a small business. What's better - a non-DDA compliant low-floor single decker turning up, or no bus at all?

(15 Aug 2015, 9:45 am)aureolin wrote Minor things to you and I, may be a major thing to persons affected by it. I'd reckon there's proper reason and research behind everything included in the Equality Act and the PSVAR. Looking at the PSVAR specifically, a lot of operators are only doing the minimum required, rather than applying best practice. Though you'd expect modern orders to only be supplied as best practice.

I don't buy the non-compliant bus vs. no bus at all argument. If the bus isn't compliant, then for those affected by the element of non-compliance, the bus hasn't turned up for them.

(15 Aug 2015, 9:51 am)Dan wrote Hardly anything has changed on Go North East's now DDA-compliant Volvo B10BLEs - sorry, I cannot see the removal of one seat and a few further minor modifications being of great assistance to disabled passengers.

Stand by what I said before... If a disabled passenger is not affected by something which makes a bus non-DDA compliant - what's better, that bus, or none at all (on what could potentially be a lifeline service to some passengers, given that a large number of independent operators do operate lifeline services).

(15 Aug 2015, 9:57 am)Tom wrote Also, I can't understand why the Lolynes aren't DDA compliant.

(15 Aug 2015, 9:57 am)Tom wrote Also, I can't understand why the Lolynes aren't DDA compliant. Compared to the Presidents, the Lolynes are much more accessible and you hear a lot of people complaining when the Presidents are on the 1 and 17 due to the lack of wheelchair room (1 small space compared to 2 spaces on the Lolynes) and also lack of seats downstairs.

(31 Dec 2015, 1:50 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote I have just passed the Scarlet Band E200 in Chester le Street and notice that it has no side or rear destination displays. With less than a day to go for the next phase of PSVAR they need to get a move on if this vehicle is going to be used next week.

(31 Dec 2015, 1:50 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote I have just passed the Scarlet Band E200 in Chester le Street and notice that it has no side or rear destination displays. With less than a day to go for the next phase of PSVAR they need to get a move on if this vehicle is going to be used next week.

(31 Dec 2015, 1:56 pm)Adrian wrote Both YN04LWM and YG55YGL are the same. Photos below.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stueybish/23986450821/in/dateposted/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stueybish/23754493450/in/photostream/

I know they don't have to be compliant until tomorrow, but talk about leaving things until the last minute!

(31 Dec 2015, 2:04 pm)Dan wrote The vehicle in question is MX10KNW.

It certainly used to have a side destination display, and it looked like it used to have a rear destination screen too, but both had been removed (you could see the gap left behind with nothing there).


It's not just Scarlet Band!

Whilst the destination displays are fitted to Go North East and Arriva North East vehicles, several do not work. In just a short ten-minute trip to Sunderland City Centre today; I spotted one vehicle without a working rear destination display, another without working side/rear destination displays, and another with a distorted front display. Whilst the third was legible, and probably compliant with the regulations, it certainly isn't good practice to have it going around like that.

I cannot see operators being 100% compliant tomorrow (or the next day, given that nobody operates tomorrow), that's for sure.

(31 Dec 2015, 2:04 pm)Dan wrote It's not just Scarlet Band!

Whilst the destination displays are fitted to Go North East and Arriva North East vehicles, several do not work. In just a short ten-minute trip to Sunderland City Centre today; I spotted one vehicle without a working rear destination display, another without working side/rear destination displays, and another with a distorted front display. Whilst the third was legible, and probably compliant with the regulations, it certainly isn't good practice to have it going around like that.

I cannot see operators being 100% compliant tomorrow (or the next day, given that nobody operates tomorrow), that's for sure.

(31 Dec 2015, 2:19 pm)DanPicken wrote Neither can I, only Stagecoach are ready.

(31 Dec 2015, 2:24 pm)Adrian wrote It'll be interesting to see if any depots send non-compliant vehicles out on the 2nd. If the worst comes to the worst, do they send a bus with a knackered rear destination out, or just bite the bullet and record the lost mileage? 


Have you been round the depots to do an audit, Dan? I'd noticed a MAN yesterday, where the illumination on the front flipdot wasn't working. That wouldn't be 'ready', would it?