(24 Aug 2014, 2:22 pm)Robert wrote Is it really hard to just read down a list of times on a piece of paper? All you need to know when using one is which journey you're planning to make, where you are getting on (which should be easy), get a timetable and look down the list to see when the bus is due (or when the bus is due at the closest place to your actual stop). To me, there is nothing hard about that...
The only people that should have difficulty are people with needs that makes it difficult to read, most of these people however can probably read them but cant be bothered to look for themselves (the people on the fb page asking). I know its bad to make judgements but its probably correct.
A surprising number of people cannot read a full bus timetable at all, others cannot understand the principle that if their stop doesn't have its own time, they need to use the nearest time BEFORE their stop. Also many people misunderstand column headings like NS, S, Sch, etc. They may find it easier to use the list of departures on bus stops, rather than a full timetable such as those in leaflets. And many of the people who can't read timetables can read perfectly well and don't have learning difficulties; they just can't deal with timetables. They may often be the people who don't realise they need to put their hand out to stop a bus and wonder why it sails by.