Yo London Transit
thanks for getting your act together and now having real time stop arrivals
i’ll believe it when i see it in November, lol
what is it, the electronic signboards from Dundas and Richmond at more than just those 2 stops?
no, if you go on the website there is now an option to see the realtime stops
useful and useless, IMO. It figures they’d do something new-ish that doesn’t bring the service to a new level. IMHO, they need to re-do that sucker from the ground up. And service after midnight on major routes would be nice too. Cause its not like thousands of students are gonna be in bed by midnight. Those signboards at D&R rock. Why not have them at all the major transfer points?
Sorry, but I hold a special place in my heart for London Transit. I think I’m just super-bitter tho, so please ignore. I can be such a whiner ;)
[EDIT - ok, i checked it out and that is actually is pretty cool/useful. If you have a computer and are online in the 1/2 hour before you have to use the bus ]
other useful things:
- how about making buses match up with each other so that getting from white oaks mall to masonville takes less than 1.5 hours (might be exaggarating, but really, it takes FOREVER).
- ditto with buses after midnight. I hate how early it stops.
- can people stop pissing in the shelters? Gross.
- work on getting buses into the newer areas so that housing can be more accessible for all.
Basically, I am thankful for having transit at all, but I agree that it needs to be redone from the ground up because London has expanded so much recently. Makes me almost want to go to one of those town hall meetings.
They have those electric thingys at other locales too. There’s one at the natural sciences stop @ western and at White Oaks Mall
I feel ya. Make it a contest for some comp sci/urban planing students to write a new scheduling program and routes or something. offer a reasonable prize.
The buses don’t have to run the current routes. Just slap a new name and number on those puppies and you are ready to rock. Brand new transit system for the cost of sign replacement. Get creative!!!!
fully. The thing I like about London is how innovative they are with most things- but transit really holds them back.
Um, also, I realize this is unrealistic, but could we make it less expensive? Like. It costs me the same amount to take the bus in London as it did in Montreal and in Montreal I had the subway as well as about 200 extra bus routes. Same for ATL. Same for TO. KILLS ME. I mean I get that less people use transit in London, so they have to charge more, BUT STILL
Are you from London? Please explain how we got into this conversation
I fully appreciate/agree with everything going on in this series of reblogs. The fact that I can never stay out later than 11:30 without having to pay a ridiculous amount for a cab ride home is the bane of my existence.
My major public transportation pet peeve: people who take up two seats because they refuse to let anyone sit beside them. ALSO, people who leave their gum on bus seats.
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