TRANSPORT for London is making a major change to its bus stops – but not everyone will be keen.
The capital has more than 19,000 bus stops along its 620 routes across the city.
Just 2,500 of them have real-time information screens known as ‘Countdown displays’, which scroll through the next 10 departures from the stop at any given time.
As these tend to be at the most used stops, they have become a popular ‘staple’ function of navigating the city’s bus network, helping to avoid digital exclusion and improving passenger confidence, as people are more likely to wait if they feel certain a bus is due.
Although the LED Countdown displays are still useful for passengers, for the past six years TfL has been experimenting with alternative solutions which are less resource-intensive and more adaptable for the remaining 16,500 stops which are without displays.