A few buses operating on TfL routes now have digital and/or LED destination blinds and more buses will be using such destination blinds in the future. Please provide the full destination blinds technical specification for digital and/or LED destination blind units that are fitted to buses operating on the TfL bus network. Please also provide the full destination blinds technical specification for digital and/or LED destination blind units that will be fitted to buses operating on the TfL bus network going forward.

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Our ref: FOI-2074-2021

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 14 January 2021 asking for information about LED Destination Displays on buses.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and our Information Access Policy. You asked:

Please provide the full destination blinds technical specification for digital and/or LED destination blind units that are fitted to buses operating on the TfL bus network.

Please also provide the full destination blinds technical specification for digital and/or LED destination blind units that will be fitted to buses operating on the TfL bus network going forward.

There are a number of vehicles operating with digital bus destination screens across London on a trial basis. These are products offered by suppliers which we believe could be suitable, and as a result they do have different features and specifications to allow the different technologies to be assessed. Wherever possible the digital screens look to comply with the requirements in the London Vehicle Bus Specification for paper blinds in terms of size and layout.

We are now considering what the requirements for digital screens might look like in future subject to further development, research and testing.

A previous response regarding bus specifications has been published and can be found here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/tfl_bus_specification

If you are considering submitting a further FOI request please think carefully about whether the request is essential at this current time, as answering FOI requests will require the use of limited resources and the attention of staff who could be supporting other essential activity. Where requests are made, please note that our response time may be impacted by the current situation.

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Yours sincerely,

Melissa Nichols

FOI Case Officer

General Counsel

Transport for London

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