(03 Mar 2021, 8:08 pm)logidoodah wrote I feel like this could say 97M as the capital M is roughly the same size as the new smaller letter format, also it is way too squashed together and looks stretched.
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Having the numbers on this side is just ludicrous. There was absolutely nothing wrong with them the way they were before. I agree with streetdeckfan saying that they need to get them reverted before more people come back to using the bus, because it's going to cause so much confusion. That infamous photo showing the 28 to "BChester-le-Street" (as it reads) makes it look ridiculous. 

This is all because Martijn wants to recreate the traditional London style format. What is the point? That format itself is now obsolete so there is no justification to bring it back and, like I've said over and over, it's upset the fleet seeing as half of the vehicles have a coloured route number section so they need to be kept on the nearside. Look what it's done to lettered routes.

Make the letters big again so that people can actually SEE them. The decision to make them smaller was laughable. It actually worked in London because of the clear paper blinds and spacing between the route number and destination. LEDs are a totally different story, however.

If I had my own way, I'd get rid of those hideous double-depth displays from the StreetDecks as well, given that every other vehicle in the fleet has a single one. Duh. Then there are the examples on the Yutongs, which are revolting.

All this messing about provides no benefit to people whatsoever.