(27 Oct 2014, 7:46 pm)Cock Robin wrote So should we have announcements in buildings "Turn left here" etc? Why should public transport always be singled out for extra expense? Its becaiuse of DDA that the sevices have been cut so much as contract prices have shot up.

Public transport should be accessible for all, and I'd say the benefits far outweigh the costs on this one. It allows a blind customer to retain a level of independence whilst using buses, where they would have had to rely on others for assistance in the past.

I'm not a huge fan of next stop announcements, because I feel certain operators have taken them too far. They should be simple and straight to the point, like the iBus announcements in London, for example.