Posts about "Transport for London"

How not to convey bus strike information

Published on 22 June 2012 in London, Transport, buses, industrial action, London, Transport for London

A lesson from Transport for London

Always need to touch in and touch out with Oyster? Not according to Southeastern

Published on 1 June 2012 in London, Transport, London Underground, Oystercard, Southeastern Trains, train tickets, trains, Transport for London

What Transport for London tell you and what Southeastern tell you are two very different things.

The Oystercard website – exposing the underbelly of your technology is not necessarily what’s best for your users

Published on 17 May 2011 in Internet, Transport, London Underground, Oystercard, railways, train tickets, Transport for London, usability, web development

I've learned that the Oystercard website is quite bad for tracking all this stuff - a fact that amazes me.

Links for 17 May 2010

Published on 17 May 2010 in Daily Links, BBC, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 6music, Boris Johnson, buses, estage agents, London, Merton, politics, radio, shopping, supermarkets, Transport for London

London’s ‘new Routemaster’ design unveiled – BBC News Apparently Boris thinks it's "iconic" and "beautiful". I think it looks like a bizarre red curvy box. It's certainly not a Routemaster. Given how much the thing is costing London, perhaps it should be really called "Boris's Folly" instead… Photo of a Bristol VR And to show you my inner bus geekiness (a mis-spent youth spent riding the wheels around Tameside), the so called "New Bus for London" has a body quite clearly based on the 1960s Bristol VR… Wimbledon estate agent’s porn site prank ‘went wrong’ – Wimbledon Guardian In the dark world of estate agents, one company bought a domain name with the name of another company and set it to redirect to hardcore porn. Given the very poor image many people have of estate agents, it's perhaps not the best way to represent your profession… BBC 6 Music’s audience rises 50% – The Guardian One of those "Well who would have thought it? Oh yes, I am being sarcastic…" moments. 6music has some proper publicity, LOTS of people find out what it does, and ratings increase. Shame BBC management couldn't be bothered to promote it properly BEFORE trying to... View Article

The tube’s getting better – proof

Published on 20 April 2009 in London, Transport, London, London Underground, train tickets, Transport for London

Is the tube actually getting better? More reliable? Less problematic? Every time you get stuck in a tunnel, the tuts and sighs come out like nothing has changed. So I guess most people would say no.

Ditching the Bendy Buses – Transport for London consults

Published on 6 January 2009 in London, Transport, bendy buses, buses, London, London buses, Transport for London

As you might know if you're in London, three London bus routes are about to be converted from bendy buses to a mixture of single deckers and double deckers. And I was very interested to come across two PDFs published by Transport for London regarding the conversions.

All aboard the Boris-Bus to Nowhere

Published on 19 December 2008 in London, Transport, bendy buses, buses, London, London buses, Mayor of London, Routemaster, Transport for London

I can still remember the reaction when I took my mother on a Routemaster bus for the first time. It was of surprise, slightly of bemusement and much of wonder. "This is like buses used to be when I was a child" was along the lines of what she said as we sat on the top deck in 2001.