Polls 2: final poll

We had a great response as you can tell from the few I attached, there were a bit too many, it had a great interaction level and was engaged with very well by the community. if you flick through our posts, comment and get involved in the discussions. The suggestion I put forward...

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VIDEO: Spin around Battersea Bus Garage

We fulfil our rationale by acting out the simple courtesies that can make a refreshing change to our experience of the daily commute. Acknowledge your bus driver when you jump on or off a bus! Also see a shorter version @sayhicampai...

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Polls and Results! P1

Some screenshots below of the results of those who responded and engaged with our general social survey! ...

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POSTER: Challenge the Consultation

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Bus vs. Car - who wins?

Aboard route 321. A trip between New Cross Gate Station and New Cross Sainsbury's. (Yes, I couldn't be bothered to walk it and the 321 was conveniently there for me so allow it.) ©London Bus Breh. The driver started departing the bus stop, exiting the bus lane onto the...

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Response to VIDEO

Just seen the video of the visit to the bus garage, looks great! Good work you guys that went, really think its important that we got the chance to have a real, in depth talk with those that work on transport to full understand their perspective and show to them that there are people that want to challenge the awkward atmosphere of London Transpo...

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VIDEO: Say Hi! Campaign

We feel that there is an unspoken but widely recognised awkwardness regarding interaction with public transport workers. For example, the customary habit of not acknowledging a bus driver when you jump on or off a bus or confronting Underground workers for delays that more often than not is out of their control. The Say Hi! Campaign has...

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INTERVENTION: Challenge the Consultation

Challenge the Consultation is slightly removed from our other two interventions to the extent that it does not immediately concern the direct interaction of physical communication between commuters and public transport staff. Say Hi! Campaign and Hospitality in Transit were...

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INTERVENTION: Say Hi! Campaign

The Say Hi! Campaign has been integral to the rationale of our project: to relieve the stigma of interaction on public transport. It has taken numerous forms: on Instagram, we have provided anecdotes and quotes from the everyday commute; on SoundCloud, we have collected voice...

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Bus Garage

This week me, Hamza, Hanna and Isaiah took a trip down to Queenstown Road bus garage. The reason for this was to engage and interact with the employees who are assigned to the Abellio bus garage.It was an amazing experience and opportunity to discuss first hand with...

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Upload Alertttt!

Hey guys, after yesterdays polls and research, I've managed to get some people to explain how they feel about Tfl and aspect of everyday One is an artist who focuses much of his work and writing on inspiration underground and is a fellow student at our university! check it out by clicking here Another is of an economics student who graduated and...

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Bus Stop Poster Idea - Response

The reason it fits in with the intervention is because on a political level, the outcomes of public consultations have gone against the public response it invites. This is politically loaded because it is a microcosmic display of the limited interaction between politicians and their constituents when it comes to negotiating policies that affect everyday...

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Instagram: @sayhicampaign

Undergoing a little poll/quiz and survey on the Instagram page!!! If anyone has some time to pop over and engage, that would be amazing @sayhicampaign @sayhicampaign also, you can see some short clips of our intervention of hospitality!! Will be sharing results from posts...

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Meet your new bus drivers!

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BUS GARAGE INTERVENTION!

So this week me, Isiaih, Hamza and Mohammed had loads of fun popping down to Queenstown Road bus station. We had the opportunity to engage and interact with those who work Abellio bus garage! It was an insightful and great experience to discuss with those who are involved in...

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Voice Notes

Hi Guys I set up the Soundcloud for the voice notes. I'll send you guys the email and password. This is the link for it. I've uploaded two. One from someone from the public and another from my friend. https://soundcloud.com/user-19711778...

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Bus Stop Poster Idea

I feel like that Bus stop directions idea we had is dissimilar in nature to our rationale or the intervention. I think a better way to streamline it so it fits the rest of the project would be if we argued that faster and simpler travel for passengers would allow people to worry less about directions or if they are going to be late or not, thus freeing...

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VIDEO: Hospitality in Transit

We offer an interactive hospitality service at St. John's Station to provide all commuters with that first-class privilege otherwise restricted to the few who can afford it. Our aim: to relieve the stigma of interaction on public transport. Politically loaded to challenge the spatial barriers to communication that have the implications of reaffirming...

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Free Tea at St. John's Station

I met up with Katy to complete one of our three interventions: Hospitality in Transit, a.k.a. Katy's Hospitality Service. It went much better than we expected! One of the things that has set us back during this project is conforming to the procedural approach of asking...

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INTERVENTION: Hospitality in Transit!

We did our first intervention of the project! What began as the 'Bus Stop' intervention has evolved into what we're calling Hospitality in Transit. What the aim was: As explained in the previous post about the Bus Stop Intervention, what we wanted to do was produce an experience...

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'Free Tea'

I met up with Hamza last week Tuesday to do one of the three interventions. It didn't go as smoothly as we expected as we were in Tottenham Court Road. Me and Hamza had met up with our phones on the verge of dying and we had set up just outside of the station just next to the furniture shop. In that the station was so fast and busy we didn't get a...

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Thames Travel's Attempt

An interesting Chatty Bus idea shows how one company, Thames Travel, uses badges and extra staff to encourage social interaction among its passengers to combat loneliness....

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If something is broken- we fix it?!

If a train or bus was broken, it would be easy to assess the damage and fix it. However, if a driver is becoming distant or an under performer, the reasons may not be so clear cut. For example, a colleague coming to work with a broken arm, they would have a plaster on, whereas with stress there could be no visible signs at all.However, stress is a...

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Evolved Rationale

With our new statement line that we have on the blog and on our instagram accounts think it's time to evolve the wording of our rationale. The ideas are still the same, just think we need to solidify and condense what we want to achieve down into more appropriate language and shorter explanations. This was our previous rationale: To combat the atmosphere...

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Link between Bus Drivers and rates of depression

This article, from 2014, is interesting article and although its focus is not on the UK, I feel like there are many similarities in the shared experiences between the drivers here and the drivers in Pennsylvania, US. BigThink Arti...

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What is your opinion of bus drivers?

Another source to draw from for tomorrow's visit. Many interesting things to learn from this video, including the stereotype that all bus drivers are miserable, the negative-leaning perceptions of bus drivers and the perks of being a bus driver. DoubleDeckerAnton: What is your Opinion of Bus Drivers? ...

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Interview

Check out this article. We can draw from its focus and the questions asked for our interview: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bus-drivers-reveal-what-think-10516591 Image: Liverpool Echo. Link to article here...

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Challenge the Consultation - Route 23

Isaiah my email isn't working but i threw this together using your message from a few days ago. ...

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Response to Isaiah

Hello everyone, For some reason it won’t let me comment on Isaiah’s post so here’s my response. Thank you for researching and pointing out the issue of the words we’ve used for the rationale. I agree that they are a little extreme and think we should go forward with the new wording that you have proposed! Thank you Ta...

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"Stigma" vs. "taboo" - too strong?

Are the words "stigma" and "taboo" too strong for our intervention? See below various definitions which have left me conflicted as to whether they should form part of our rationale. In bold are phrases which give the word relevance to our project, in italics the reverse. This might seem pedantic or petty, but if we are to publish our rationale and...

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Climate Change - We Can Change

Campers at Marble Arch - unusual to see this multi-lane road traffic-free. ULEZ has literally gone ultra. It is odd to see a line of buses standing at Edgware Road Station outside Paddington Green Police Station, but it became apparent that something beyond the norm was causing...

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Chaos on the TFL?

Hi guys, I'm sat down with this some tea looking at the newspaper and what's new. The current news is: Extinction Rebellion London, Activists The group have been blocking roads and bridges this week in a bid to get coverage to tackle the climate change. Moreover, nearly 300 activists have been arrested and don't plan on stopping. The TFL bus alerts...

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Abuse on TFL

On my normal journey to meet my friends on the VERY hot central line towards Epping going to Leytonstone. I had stopped Tracy who was going from carriage to carriage checking to see if everyone had a valid payment method. As she took my Oyster to check if it was valid I took my advantage with asking some questions; Me: Hey, I'd like to ask a few...

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Route C2 withdrawn against majority opposition

Route C2 is the latest to be withdrawn from service against public response to Transport for London's consultation proposing the service change. When TfL released the consultation for this service change, which involves extended route 88 to Parliament Hill Fields and re-routing...

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