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Originally Posted by Thomas J Stamp
Also, there was a Digital Display on some of the buses from the same depot that the 90 is from (the 25's) around the corner on parkgate street - worked fairly well - so the technology is there for them and should be utilised post haste.
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There was a trial of a bus tracking system on the Lucas buses a few years ago but the government wouldn't fund an expansion of the system so it fell apart. Most of the new buses don't have GPS transmitters fitted and since they're in the middle of preparing for the installation of an entirely different RTIS system, there's not a hope they'd spend money resurrecting an old system, even for one route.
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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
The luggage issue doesn't appear to be a issue on the 747/748
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That's because anyone with luggage sits (or stands) downstairs where they can keep an eye on in and also because those buses are two stoppers so it doesn't matter if it takes forever an a day for everyone to get off.
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The boarding issue is down the fact the majority of passengers still elect to pay cash despite the fact every single passenger inbound to Heuston had the option to get the 90/Luas included, it is advertised.
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This was brought up here before and someone pointed out that it could easily be solved by having staff at outer stations ask passengers if they'd like the add-on instead of relying on them to know about it's existence.