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Lothian Bus changes from Sunday
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Posted 13 years ago #
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And we're getting shiny new hybrid buses on the number 10 route too... (Possibly to make up for the trams nevereverever coming)
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"Possibly to make up for the trams nevereverever coming"
Would be interesting to know how much of LB planning is on the basis of 'no tram'.
Certainly can't be looking forward to being made to subsidise it.
Posted 13 years ago # -
New Bus Details here: http://www.forthone.com/news/local/lothian-buses-goes-green/#.TmdQy84M210.twitter
The free wifi is an interesting development.
Posted 13 years ago # -
The one thing I'm not too keen on are the front digital destination boards, I know they are a lot more flexible for a resell point of view, but theyre still not as clear as the blinds. Side and rear is fine as is the current way, but they seem to be going that way on the front.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Odd that Lothian have gone for digital destination boards - they've tried various fluoro-dot matrix / LED-based systems over the years with varying (and seemingly limited) degrees of success and always kept going back to illuminted destination blinds, even retrofitting them into older vehicles.
Posted 13 years ago # -
My dad used to work for Strathclyde buses and HATED the floro dot matrix ones, said all the dots used to get dislodged and fall out from the potholes.
The new ones are fairly good (white for a start) but the sub destination text looks a bit weedy, and the numbers have a weird kerning/stretch issue.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Off topic slightly. I found a mobile app for checking the location of busses compared to a bus stop. It needs the bus stop code but:
http://www.mybustracker.co.uk/?module=mobile
DaveC
Posted 13 years ago # -
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GrantStott973:
Today those fine peeps @on_lothianbuses launched an Eco-friendly fleet of buses. Not sure if my pus was on them tho. http://t.co/euDoPIG
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/GrantStott973/status/111524932533485568
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Posted 13 years ago # -
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TransformScot:Scottish Government should make every bus in Scotland a low-emission bus: http://t.co/W8UnzKf #fb
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/TransformScot/status/111452772301418497
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Posted 13 years ago # -
They'll have to subsidise Wirstbus to scrap their entire fleet then...
Posted 13 years ago # -
Ok Old story but I was really excited yesterday evening to see one of the new number 10s putting the "Thank you for letting me pull out" sign on the rear destination board. I almost didn't believe it (up to now), but it's true!
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