It is an excellent idea, though. Whenever I've been in London in the past year (which is roughly half the number of times I've been in my life, go figure), I've always found myself relying on a) my better-informed companion, b) my limited knowledge of the Tube map, and c) the position of the Sun. Having said that, my goals have generally been in the region of 'get to the river', not 'get to the nearest eye clinic'. The problem with the Tube is that it cocoons you into viewing London as a large number of separate areas with black space inbetween, not one large place that all links up.
And yes, Birmingham could do with way better public transport info.. Although the council did at one point publish a huge map of all the bus routes in the city which was quite useful. Shame they didn't replace things like "Every 10 minutes" with "6 times an hour. Probably.". But then B'ham's hardly a prime tourist destination.
Dickie
· 1 year ago
"there is no actual street called Bond Street" - Google Maps says otherwise... (and I don't just mean Old/New Bond Streets either):-P
Anyway, I was in Bristol earlier, and trying to get around there was pretty interesting. No maps anywhere, poor signage, and the buses had no indication of where they stopped at all. We just had to kinda guess, and hope we ended up in the right place. Frustrating.
With regards Birmingham, it could do with better public transport full stop, let alone better public transport info...
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It is an excellent idea, though. Whenever I've been in London in the past year (which is roughly half the number of times I've been in my life, go figure), I've always found myself relying on a) my better-informed companion, b) my limited knowledge of the Tube map, and c) the position of the Sun. Having said that, my goals have generally been in the region of 'get to the river', not 'get to the nearest eye clinic'. The problem with the Tube is that it cocoons you into viewing London as a large number of separate areas with black space inbetween, not one large place that all links up.
And yes, Birmingham could do with way better public transport info.. Although the council did at one point publish a huge map of all the bus routes in the city which was quite useful. Shame they didn't replace things like "Every 10 minutes" with "6 times an hour. Probably.". But then B'ham's hardly a prime tourist destination.
Anyway, I was in Bristol earlier, and trying to get around there was pretty interesting. No maps anywhere, poor signage, and the buses had no indication of where they stopped at all. We just had to kinda guess, and hope we ended up in the right place. Frustrating.
With regards Birmingham, it could do with better public transport full stop, let alone better public transport info...