tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post3816416069510785336..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Frequency Frustrations : France and Filtonfatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-90231672747583779182014-12-19T12:38:23.323+00:002014-12-19T12:38:23.323+00:00Sadly, I fear that the assumption of most readers ...Sadly, I fear that the assumption of most readers of this blog that proper timetables are better isn't always shared by the public at large- as Dwarfer's comments suggest. Past research (can't remember when and by whom) has shown that an alarmingly high proportion of the population find timetables hard to read- and the results of South Yorkshire PTE's consultation, featured in this blog earlier- show that a significant number of punters don't think that keeping traditional paper alive isn't terribly important.I fear that many punters, when confronted with a paper timetable, feel the same incomprehension as I do when faced with a set of IKEA instructions! See- http://www.sypte.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Corporate/7939_Have%20Your%20Say_CONSULTATION%20RESULTS%20(3).pdfDennis Dratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-92171133866228493582014-12-19T09:51:58.099+00:002014-12-19T09:51:58.099+00:00Unfortunately we can all be guilty of asking for w...Unfortunately we can all be guilty of asking for what suits us (as, perhaps, regular passengers) forgetting that public transport should be available to all - and that includes occasional users and newcomers to the area. Departure lists are of no help whatsoever to the latter groups. <b>A printed timetable through the door, with map, is so much better.</b> The public, as an amorphous body, has never been very good at considering wider objectives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-50050902252092675172014-12-19T09:09:44.029+00:002014-12-19T09:09:44.029+00:00In an interesting counterpoint to FBBs preference ...In an interesting counterpoint to FBBs preference for full timetables at bus stops (a stance that I personally agree with wholeheartedly), my employers are currently involved in a Community Bus Partnership on a rural route in our area and one of the first things raised by the community representatives at the initial meeting was that the full timetables that we currently put up for the roadside are replaced with a departure time list. This is on a infrequent rural service with just 4 departures a day almost all of which are different from each other in some way and so every departure would require some form of note on it. It seems that no matter how sensible we think we are not even all our passengers are going to agree with us.dwarfer1979noreply@blogger.com