Waiting times at bus stops in Greater Paris: the not always reliable information system will be renewed
Arriving at her bus stop this Thursday on Avenue du Général-Leclerc (Paris, 14th century), Monique, a dashing retiree, mechanically looks at the information screen which indicates in how many minutes the next 38 should arrive. sign, it says that the bus will be there in 2 minutes. But no 38 on the horizon on the avenue when you take a look. But Monique is confident: “it’s normally reliable,” she confides. And sure enough, a few seconds later, the bus appears in the distance.
Although the screen was working at this stop that day, this is far from always being the case. We traveled through different Parisian neighborhoods for several days, and on several occasions failures appeared.
