Comments on: Follow-up: Timetables for posting at stop poles (“Quick: When is the next bus scheduled to arrive?”) http://www.trilliumtransit.com/blog/2009/11/28/follow-up-timetables-for-posting-at-stop-poles-quick-when-is-the-next-bus-scheduled-to-arrive/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron Antrim http://www.trilliumtransit.com/blog/2009/11/28/follow-up-timetables-for-posting-at-stop-poles-quick-when-is-the-next-bus-scheduled-to-arrive/comment-page-1/#comment-6240 Aaron Antrim Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:07:26 +0000 http://www.trilliumtransit.com/blog/?p=447#comment-6240 Hi Tom, Do you have any images that show examples of these timetables? They sound easy-to-use, with very efficient presentation. Hi Tom, Do you have any images that show examples of these timetables? They sound easy-to-use, with very efficient presentation.

]]> By: Tom West http://www.trilliumtransit.com/blog/2009/11/28/follow-up-timetables-for-posting-at-stop-poles-quick-when-is-the-next-bus-scheduled-to-arrive/comment-page-1/#comment-6233 Tom West Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:49:59 +0000 http://www.trilliumtransit.com/blog/?p=447#comment-6233 The best bus stop information I've seen was in the West Midlands, UK. For each route serving the stop, they provide (a) a route 'line' showing key detsinations downstream, and typical joruney times and (b) a list of all departure times. The latter is fairly intelligent, so you get things like "every 5 minutes" instead of every single bus, and "every 15 minutes at :02, :17, :31 and :46". Where two routes are very similar (e.g. the 123 and 123A), thet get shown together, with times coloured for each branch. The best bus stop information I’ve seen was in the West Midlands, UK. For each route serving the stop, they provide (a) a route ‘line’ showing key detsinations downstream, and typical joruney times and (b) a list of all departure times. The latter is fairly intelligent, so you get things like “every 5 minutes” instead of every single bus, and “every 15 minutes at :02, :17, :31 and :46″. Where two routes are very similar (e.g. the 123 and 123A), thet get shown together, with times coloured for each branch.

]]> By: Wojtek http://www.trilliumtransit.com/blog/2009/11/28/follow-up-timetables-for-posting-at-stop-poles-quick-when-is-the-next-bus-scheduled-to-arrive/comment-page-1/#comment-5855 Wojtek Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:02:10 +0000 http://www.trilliumtransit.com/blog/?p=447#comment-5855 Hi, just wanted to throw my 2 cents worth into discussion here. it's and interesting article, that compares different approaches to display timetables in an user-friendly format. imho, the berlin approach seems the most suitable one as it meets requirements of two groups of riders mentioned in article. we have been developing webapps for passengers in poznan,poland and in the area, and used a similar approach. with the only difference, that we list the next stops in an extra column (and not above the timetable). we are actually thinking however to revert to this idea. take a look here for an example: http://www.ztm.poznan.pl/rozklad/#/showTimetable/2874/19/byLine timetable is in similar format to the german one, allows you to see: - all departure times for weekdays, saturdays and sundays, - list of previous and next stops on this route (with time-to-next-stop information) - info on other routes on that stop. hope this could be useful in further exploration of the topic: "public transport information as friendly as possible". we also would be eager to find out if this approach could be further improved, cheers, Wojtek @ goEuropa Hi,
just wanted to throw my 2 cents worth into discussion here.
it’s and interesting article, that compares different approaches to display timetables in an user-friendly format.
imho, the berlin approach seems the most suitable one as it meets requirements of two groups of riders mentioned in article.
we have been developing webapps for passengers in poznan,poland and in the area, and used a similar approach.
with the only difference, that we list the next stops in an extra column (and not above the timetable).
we are actually thinking however to revert to this idea.

take a look here for an example:
http://www.ztm.poznan.pl/rozklad/#/showTimetable/2874/19/byLine

timetable is in similar format to the german one, allows you to see:
- all departure times for weekdays, saturdays and sundays,
- list of previous and next stops on this route (with time-to-next-stop information)
- info on other routes on that stop.

hope this could be useful in further exploration of the topic: “public transport information as friendly as possible”.

we also would be eager to find out if this approach could be further improved,

cheers,
Wojtek @ goEuropa

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