The Anonymous Widower

This Is Becoming A Habit

I had another letter in The Times yesterday under the heading of Bus Information

The rest of the country is lagging far behind London for maps and timetables — could rivalry be to blame?

Sir, Roger Sexton (letter, Apr 4) says that there are no controls on commercial bus fares outside London.

As a senior citizen living in a Tube-free London borough, I use buses a great deal and I travel a lot around the UK. Outside the capital, I find that buses run in an information-free zone, with no maps and unworkable text systems to check arrivals. As London’s excellent system is software based, surely, it could be applied countrywide. Or perhaps cities like Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh are saying that they don’t want any system that has been proven in London.

I doubt that information will improve, although a friend told how there was an item on bus regulation in Newcastle on Radio 4 yesterday.

April 8, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Buses, Information, Newspaper