tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post5940055922883349167..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Buses For Sheffield (BFS) OR BFFS? (1)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-55521282275453181952018-06-05T17:02:58.165+01:002018-06-05T17:02:58.165+01:00And that is the issue about communication. Loud, v...And that is the issue about communication. Loud, varied media and often. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-79076755518660490842018-06-05T14:05:07.548+01:002018-06-05T14:05:07.548+01:00I think you're right, and that's why (for ...I think you're right, and that's why (for instance) we have departure times displayed at bus stops rather than full timetables (although I hope these are available "somewhere" - probably online in preference to at an enquiry office miles away). <br /><br />To take an interesting point. Our local hospital in conjunction with the bus company runs a P&R service. It's very convenient, especially as parking at the hosp[ital is limited. From today, the parking regime has become more stringent while the bus has become free. It's a very simple service to understand - once every 20 minutes each way, non-stop (it may soon go to a 10-minute frequency). But despite what we would consider to be an easily accessible online timetable, one local resident still asked about the times on the community Facebook page.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-28858226878906863832018-06-05T13:13:20.976+01:002018-06-05T13:13:20.976+01:00The success, or otherwise, of Buses of Sheffield i...The success, or otherwise, of Buses of Sheffield is surely whether it increases knowledge of what is available to the general population of the area, and not whether it helps those who already have good or excellent knowledge?<br /><br />Available research keeps coming back saying that people don't understand buses, that they would use them if they were simpler to understand. If that means Stagecoach and First buses both prominently carrying the same logo, whatever we might think of its application, so be it. If it means showing all services on a diagram, which doesn't actually follow design guidelines, so be it. If it provides endless material for a blogger, whilst also informing those for whom it is intended, so be it.<br /><br />If, however, at the end of whatever timescale Buses of Sheffield has set on the campaign it hasn't increased ridership, then questions should be asked. In the meantime I'd say that it I next to impossible for us with knowledge to judge the effect on those with none; we're simply starting from such a different point. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com