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I wish that TfL would gradually phase out the prefixed lettered route, as they did with the suffix ones as they can be confusing/clumsy and for a time it seemed this was the agenda.
The four perfect shops in prime position in Cheam include a shuttered jewellers (retired nearly a year ago) and not an antiques shop (there is, however a charity shop next to the prime position kitchen showroom).
One new challenge facing the residents of the detached half-timbered villas is that last week the Council embarked on a consultation scheme to make this whole area a 20mph zone.
It's stated aim is to improve air quality (false) and reduce the risk and severity of accidents (hardly any historically). Unfortunately, the real aim (as cited by C100 for which our mayor is the Chairman), is to make driving unpleasant to discourage it, and as the consultation goes on to say, to make it easier for people to walk and cycle, if they wish. This will not sit well with the mainly elderly residents.
The average speed in these roads is above the threshold for a 20mph zone to be mandated, they are mostly wide and straight with good visibility - limited parking, and segregated pavements with grass verges. Not only will this slow the S2 it will make the residents feel they are going nowhere.
In reality most drivers will go at the natural speed and will all have been given free tickets for a reverse speed gun lottery, with the unwelcome prizes being yet another kind of ticket.
(I've just found that my phone (an Android Nord 100) has a 'pro' setting on the camera that allows me to adjust the shutter speed, that I never previously knew was there.)
What makes this puzzling is that the page for the 470 says it replaced the S7 and part of the 408.
The renumbering from S7 to 470 took place when the route was extended to Epsom to replace a withdrawn section of the 408, which had provided the service between Sutton / Cheam and Epsom until then.
It would need some experimentation to get the right set of prompts to update an uploaded photograph and limit other changes to ensure the photo is truthful to the intention, but then the process could be shared to other transport enthusiasts.
Similar problem with digital signage generally, e.g. fronts and sides of trains, trams, etc.
Having checked LOTS newsletters there was an earlier S7 as well as a S6 which the S4 rerouted between Belmont and Sutton to replace in March 98.
The S6 and S7 were short-lived commercial routes operated by Epsom Buses.
It seems that back then, many residents of east London, especially those with not so good eyesight thought the S routes were actually numbered 51,52 & 53. This only strengthened my long standing dislike of prefixed route numbers.
The good old Navaho homepage being displayed on the 'new' iBus is quite common too on the 360 -- where some buses from the initial batch of electrics from the 507 and 521 (from nearly a decade ago already!) have ended up. They sometimes work, but even when they do they don't tend to like the bumps accompanied by the hard suspension which make them flicker.
I do wonder if the new iBus (the driver facing part) replacement that TfL has contracted out will have a GPS interface for drivers. It's a thing in France -- not because drivers don't do route learning the 'old' way by riding along, but because it's always useful just in case.
Perhaps I should be posting this on a more techie blog, but I'm not following any of those.
1. An iPhone 11 onwards (and maybe some earlier ones with software updates) can be configured to do time lapse and other ways of eliminating the refresh rate problem with the LED destination blinds.
2. The comments about Cheam 20mph are inappropriate.
The speeds through the centre of the village at the traffic lights are often less than 20mph anyway and the 20mph limit IS beneficial to cyclists and pedestrians crossing Ewell Road and to slow speeding cars. Many live within walking distance of the centre and there are numerous retired people also cycling in Cheam that benefits them for health reasons too. The lowering of speed limits throughout the capital is certainly beneficial.
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