[access-uk] Re: Accessible real time bus information systems.
- From: "Alexander Shannon" <alexacts2v4@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:46:37 +0100
Hi Jim,
Having read your message I've got two points to make regarding it which will
give you perspectives for both Birmingham and London, although what I have
to say on this subject is more of a disappointment in the case of Birmingham
than in the example I will site in London.
In both the Kings Norton and Cotteridge areas of south Birmingham these
information systems are being installed but as far as I can make out with my
limited sight, there is not any provision being made for people with visual
impairment.
However, when I lived in RNIB Garrow House in Westbourne Park in London, I
noticed they had these information systems installed on the bus stops on the
Harrow road which were nearest to Garrow House. They had installed a box
with a speaker grill and a small button on the front of it and in both the
cases I saw, this box was attached to the edge of the bus shelters. On
pressing the button a speaker inside the box read the information that was
being displayed on the overhead screens you describe. I have not been in
that area for some time but I believe the system on the Harrow road was
working the last time I used it which was some years ago.
Alexander Shannon
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