What are the bus companies doing? A to B is easy in Dundee with: www.dundeetravelinfo.com Discover £20m has been invested by the local bus Dundee Smartbus operators so that the service you receive is second to none: • Dundee now has one of the most modern fleet in the UK • Almost all city buses are low floor vehicles, helping meet the barrier free aspirations of the City Council • Operating safer travel ensuring safety on public transport • The bus companies also work in partnership with local public bodies including: Dundee City The same journey planning information can also Council, be found on the city’s journey planners: Tayside Wellgate Centre • Overgate Centre Police and Bus Station • Railway Station • Albert Square The Scottish Tourist Information Centre • Tayside House Executive. The University of Dundee • Dundee College The Future University of Abertay Dundee • City Square City Churches • Ninewells Hospital Dundee City Council has been awarded £1.7m Cross City Direct “Kickstart” funding from the If you have difficulty understanding English, Scottish Executive. This fund will allow us to please contact this address below: create new, quicker bus links across the city, making the bus an even more attractive option DCC. KL/3/05 Public Relations, Designed by to commuters. So watch this space and log on to www.dundeetravelinfo.com for more information. Dundee Translation Unit, Dundee City Council, Central Library, Wellgate Centre, Dundee DD1 1DB, Tel. 01382 431563. m o .c dundeetravelinfo.com is not available in other languages. fo elin www.dundeetrav Planning & Transportation, Dundee City Council, Tayside House, Crichton Street, Dundee DD1 3RB Smartbus - What’s it all about? What does this mean to me? Is dundeetravelinfo.com for me? Dundee City Council Planning Smartbus - informing the journey, was so- We’ve made it so easy for you to plan your and Transportation convener called to make travelling by bus smarter! journey by public transport. Councillor Fiona Grant The Smartbus project will allow Dundee City www.dundeetravelinfo.com can be welcomes the improvements Council to make considerable improvements accessed by internet or wap. to Dundee’s public transport to public transport facilities in the city, with through the Smartbus • At your pc - at home or work completion by summer 2006; project. • In the pub - access website through wap • State of the art passenger waiting facilities enabled phones “Initiatives including the installation of CCTV in the city centre • With friends - find out if your bus is on on buses, interactive Journey Planner Kiosks • Real time information - know exactly when time before you leave and the improvement of facilities at Ninewells your bus will arrive - on time or stuck in hospital have made an enormous difference to • At the football - doesn’t matter if it goes traffic bus passengers in the city. to extra time! • CCTV on all buses - for your safety You can even get your bus time by text. Scottish Executive funding for these projects • Every bus shelter in Dundee to be is enabling the city council to encourage replaced In the near future, all bus stops will have more people to see public transport as a real • Journey Planner kiosks in City Centre individual text codes on the bus stop sign alternative to the car. locations at every shelter. For now, you can get this from: • Online journey planning website - plan The improvement and modernisation of your journeys at home or at work: www.dundeetravelinfo.com facilities, as well as additional safety features (simply click on the bus stop on the map to on buses, is making public transport an view this information at the left hand side). attractive option. If you’d rather phone for travel information Send the code to this number: you can call traveline on 0870 608 2608. 07776 082 608 It’s open 7am till 10pm, 7 days a week. and you will automatically be sent the next Calls are charged at national rate. five bus times to your phone. (25p per text plus your usual charge) www.dundeetravelinfo.com Cut out this handy card for your top five bus stop codes. My most used stops Text code 1. High St 2 36324645 2. 3. 4. 5..