(08 Jul 2022, 8:56 pm)DeltaMan wrote I don't agree. If one of thier jobs is to promote public transport, then they could at least take time to set up the displays correctly to make it easier for potential customers to read.
Some of them are truly abysmal. For example, until the March changes, they insisted on showing the Newcastle 32/32A on FOUR separate panels in the same direction, purely because there was a different operator in the evenings and Sundays and on each route. That is just daft. Operators should really be pressurising for better roadside information in my opinion
I know what your saying and I don't disagree but it would cost an absolute fortune. All the timetables are just automated from the data API's it's why they're all over the place with your 32/32A example. You'd need someone to manually change them all otherwise and I wouldn't want to know how many bus stops there are in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland (they do those aswell now) - it would take hours and that's being light.
Personally I'd love to see more real time information screens at bus stops. We're really behind compared to pretty much every other city which give real time information (also something else that doesn't exist). Google and apps can do it, there's no real reason why the bus stop displays in particular in bus stations couldn't do it rather than saying a bus is due which has been cancelled etc. Places like Durham Road they'd be ideal tbh since no-one really needs to or wants to know what bus is coming in 7 hours time.