Be the voice of our buses!

Be the coice of our buses! We’re launching on-bus stop announcements to the brand new buses on Go2 routes 77 to Strelley and 45 to Gedling in the autumn and we’re searching for the voice of our buses!

This innovative new system will announce the name of the next bus stop as the bus travels along the route as well as the final destination for the route and places of interest/important buildings at key stops. Stop announcements will be particularly beneficial to blind and partially sighted bus users as they travel around the network, as well as customers making journeys on new routes for the first time.

Initially, we’re seeking 2 voices – 1 for the 45 and 1 for the 77 – but we will be looking for more people next year as we roll out the system across more bus routes.

To enter, you need to:

Record yourself performing a couple of minutes of stop announcements e.g.
- This is Go2 Turquoise Line 77 to the City Centre. The next bus stop is Aspley Lane, change here to connect on to Local Link L53 to the hospitals
- This is Go2 Line 77 to Strelley. The next bus stop is Melbourne Road, alight here for Manning School
The recording can be on tape, CD, MP3 file, WAV
Post it to Marketing, Nottingham City Transport, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GG along with your name and a contact telephone number
Closing date is Friday 23rd July 2010
The winner will receive 1 year’s free NCT bus and tram travel and of course their voice being used to announce the bus stops

A similar announcement system is very popular on Nottingham’s tram, helping people find their stop and advising people about connecting bus services. Many customers have requested improved stop announcement information on Nottingham City Transport’s buses, which this new system will deliver and is supported by printed on bus route maps.

In addition to audio announcements, half of the NCT bus fleet will be fitted with ‘actual vehicle location’ tracking equipment by the autumn which will give visual stop announcements on board the bus as well as feeding predicted bus arrival times to stops along the route.

Bus routes to benefit from this new system in 2010 will be:

Navy Line 1, 2, 3, 4, 48
Green Line 6, 10, 11
Brown Line 17
Pink Line 28, 30, 31
Orange Line 34, 35, 36, 37
Go2 45
Yellow Line 68, 69
Turquoise Line 77, 78, 79
Citylink 1, Citylink 2 and Skylink.

Additional bus routes will be fitted with the ‘actual vehicle location’ equipment over the next couple of years, to give full network coverage on all 340 NCT buses.

Commenting on the search for a bus voice, Anthony Carver-Smith NCT Marketing Manager said,

“The launch of audio announcements on buses is part of an exciting package of improvements to customer information on NCT buses this year, costing £2m. With the roll out of this new system, customers will be able to find their way around the bus network more easily and be given reassurance about bus arrival times when they wait at the stop.”

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