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[TheArtfulDogger]

I think the problem is that now TFL can track buses on route the controllers can make changes to keep the core part of a route working better when buses are running late, or they can 'regulate the service' (another frustration when you are running late and the bus sits there for 3 or 4 minutes). sadly the controllers can not see how full the bus is and maybe the driver should indicate when asked to vary the route how many people are on the bus so that the controller can make a more informed decision.

Sigh, the iBus system is great at letting you know where you are on the route and what the next stop is, but at the same time it has disadvantages of also letting the controllers know exactly where all of their buses are on the route thus allowing them to change them from an office rather than seeing the reality of what is happening.

Bring back the old routemasters and conductors is all I would like to add at this point...

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Seabag Wrote:

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> The old Routemaster 12 to Notting Hill and back

> was the sweetest of bus rides

>

> Ever since then nothing has come close. I took the

> 176 on a journey this year. God, part of me died.

> So much so I got off at Camberwell Green to get a

> cab the rest of the way

>

> The cab journey was of itself a further journey

> into hell, so I feel for those who have to use

> busse . They've become more like a branch of

> social services than a transport method.

> Hardly a wonder that bikes journeys have increased

> so much. Better taking your life into your own

> hands then dying slowly in a Red alloy mad house

Pah, blow in. The 12 to Shepherd's Bush, now that was a propa sweet bus ride