PUBLIC INFO-TRANSPORT * UK - The next stop should be Helsinki

The Finnish capital's public transport system is rich with real-time information for passengers - and London's buses are headed in the same direction

London,UK -The Guardian, Sean Dodson -February 28 2008: -- If you have traveled on a London bus in the past month, you might have noticed something new... Passengers on routes such as the 148, between Camberwell and Shepherd's Bush, may have noticed that each time the bus approaches a stop, a recorded voice tells them which one it is, similar to the announcements made on the tube... It seems a subtle, if slightly annoying, addition to the bus. Especially if, like most on board, you already know which stop is next...