Comments on BellgroveBelle: TV on the bus?

Wow, so many comments! Thanks to the constructive ...

2008-03-06T00:18:00.000Z

Wow, so many comments! Thanks to the constructive people.

Anonymous - yes, they are a company, but explain to me how a tv screen showing people jogging makes good business sense.

Cleaner, more frequent and reliable buses would encourage more passengers. Frivolous things like tvs are a waste of money, business or not.

Its a private business that provides jobs city wid...

2008-03-05T17:31:00.000Z

Its a private business that provides jobs city wide for alot of families. If they want to put a pool table on it who are we to start dictating to companies how to run there business Glasgow isnt a dictating city, we premote business growth.

you've again pressed the right bell here Bellgrove...

2008-03-03T17:08:00.000Z

you've again pressed the right bell here BellgroveBell (no pun intended - aye right).

A couple of years ago or more, I think a sneaky wee pilot was being tried out cos I went on a bus and there was this really tinny, cheap noise sqeeking out from one of these screens. It was mind-numbingly annoying - and I objected to having advertising forced at me in that way.

If I had not been on my way out of the city for a while I would have went straight to the travel centre to register my complaint!

But there again maybe we need the distraction of the wee screens given that some utter twat came up with that awful idea of the all-over-bus advertising. That's the one where are the bus windows are virtually blacked out which makes for one really boring journey stuck in a darkened tube with seats.

Oh, I feel better with that sad moan after getting in... think I'll go down to the coffee shop now that I'm cheered up.

First should get their fingers out and start getti...

2008-03-03T13:21:00.000Z

First should get their fingers out and start getting some control on their buses, rather than putting TVs in. Conductors would be a welcome return, given the hassle I regularly see from a wide variety of people, but particularly the tracksuited fraternity.

Scuzzy isn't a real word.

2008-03-03T02:55:00.000Z

Scuzzy isn't a real word.

I was on a 38 back to the flat this afternoon and ...

2008-03-02T23:05:00.000Z

I was on a 38 back to the flat this afternoon and saw the marathon video then; it was very odd.

It's also very odd that we've got tvs in buses but some bus stops have little or no information about routes and fares, and the map on the website isn't great either. If I was in First, I'd concentrate on making the buses more user-friendly, rather than installing screens.

Might be worth looking into a bit more, Cllr - how...

2008-03-01T15:03:00.000Z

Might be worth looking into a bit more, Cllr - how much money are First getting from selling sponsorship/advertising slots on these TVs?

Saw this kind of thing in London - short sharp sections of 'infotainment', almost subliminal messaging if you ask me..