Agenda item

By Councillor Munro - New Style Bus Trackers

“Committee notes that the new style bus trackers being installed are causing concern and confusion to residents who rely on buses to get to school, work and appointments because they appear to display only the timetable rather than using GPS tracking to display real time information and therefore requests a briefing note to be provided as soon as possible giving the following information:

1.    Why, given the new screens were supposed to provide multi real time passenger information, this is not happening?

2.    Can the ‘due bus’ information be reinstated on the screen, rather than it disappearing. If this is possible, what would be the cost to undertake this, and how quickly could it be done?

3.    Who made the decision to take the ‘due bus’ information off the trackers and the reasoning behind this?

4.    Is data on an app based on real time GPS available to feed into the trackers (the report to F&R indicated this would be the case) – why do they appear to only show a question?

5.    Are the bus stop screens able to show a date?”