O, tfl, nevairr, evairr - no, actually, do change
I have vented on previous occasions about the tfl (Transport for London) 'Plan Your Journey' on their website, which always does its best to advise a route that will give the traveler experience of several modes of transport, or at least, 2/3 different Tube lines/bus routes, if at all possible incorporating some healthy walking exercise.
We have no idea whether this is malice, performance art, or dictated by some psycho-geographical theory; but so often I find that the obvious, simple, most expeditious means of getting from Point A to Point B does not figure.
Case in point this morning when I was due to be at A Bank for executorial processes: a bank for which the most obvious and simple means of getting there is a bus straight down the main road at the end of the street.
Ha. Ha.
Of course, it did not help that tfl have not updated their bus routes for Live Update to reflect the fact that the buses in question are no longer on diversion and back to the usual route (this is actually less convenient for me, as the diversion took them only 2 short blocks from the front door).
Correction: they did indicate that the routes in question were not stopping any more on the diversion route.
However, they don't actually show times of arrival at the stops they are now stopping at.
If they can manage to show this information a) on the indicators at the stops and b) via my Bus Countdown app, Y O Y not on website? This entry was originally posted at http://oursin.dreamwidth.org/2557087.html. Please comment there using OpenID. View
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