

Similarly, displays on the buses will show its location, and upcoming stops. Drivers will be equipped with tablets to feed them information on passenger count, routing issues and the location of other buses, in order to ensure that three will never turn up at once.

Most obviously, given Citymapper’s current incarnation as a transportation routing app, the service is running on custom-built routing software. The company, which has been awarded a six-month licence by TfL, is trumpeting a number of improvements on the standard bus experience, of course. It will be a real London bus in almost every way: taking payment for rides stopping at a number of normal bus stops in between its two destinations running on a timetable and even being … well, a bus as opposed to a coach, minibus, or electric autonomous “pod”.
