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04-02-2017, 00:26 | #1 | |
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As for BE, I don't really think they are duplicating that much, aside from the big points on a route they are not and given the pricing difference there will always be a market for a bus along at rain corridor. BE problems go much deeper to the route of the problems. |
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Have a read of the attached and I'll add any comments and send it on during the week.
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I find it quite astonishing that more than 2 years ago the NTA/TFI commissioned an agency to design a comprehensive set of guidelines for the creation of public transport information that would be coherent and unified across various public transport providers:
http://www.transportforireland.ie/transitData/guidelines/Design%20guidelines%20for%20the%20Creation%20of%20 Public%20Transport%20Information_v1.pdf (warning, large PDF) ...and yet, TFI itself is still commissioning and generating maps that don't even come close to complying with these guidelines in any shape or form. Wonderful use of money, that. |
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I took part if a project for Cork City bus stops, where the signs generally do comply.
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i hope it's not the case that the design agency that will have actually made the map told them that they needed to pay more in order for their own design guidelines to be used. That quite frankly would be ridiculous. |
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09-02-2017, 15:02 | #6 |
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I strongly suspect it was done in-house or an ordinary graphic designer, not a dedicated agency with experience with transport maps.
The NTA only has about 35 staff.
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09-02-2017, 15:59 | #7 |
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Other previous maps have been commissioned to an external agency (Pindar), and there are similarities in this one to those maps.
Either way, internal or externally done, if they've gone to the trouble of commissioning guidelines, they should be adherent to them, particularly on occasions when they are in direct control of the information/maps. If the NTA itself isn't bothering to try and follow it's own guidelines, how can it corral the transport providers to do so? |
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07-02-2017, 18:30 | #9 | |
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Anyway didn't you give up getting the train or have they tempted you to stay... |
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07-02-2017, 18:45 | #10 |
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Are these maps going to be displayed on trains, trams and at stations?
The current IE maps on Dublin services and at stations are awful and seem to be designed in a dimension to fit the advertising poster frames on trains. Surely these maps could be printed and put on the walls within carriages or on the glass panels that separate the standing and seating areas on Dart and Commuter trains Also, someone mentioned the design guidelines that TFI have published for provision of public transport information. When are we going to see some of this actually displayed at stations? The lack of consistency in information across the Greater Dublin transport system is ridiculous |
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The Dublin Train and Tram map appears to show quite a distance between Tara Street Station and the Abbey Street and Trinity Luas stops. These are walkable connections and perhaps could be shown on the map if Tara Street was better positioned.
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08-02-2017, 10:14 | #12 |
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I had to make my mind up - whether I got 67X straight to the office door (very over crowded) or stay on the train and have my 20min walk to the office each morning (40mins) each day - I chose the healthier option.
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