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Author: John RowlandJohn Rowland Date: Aug 9, 2008 14:30
Paul Corfield wrote:
>
> Fine but in the example being quoted the 38 will have built up delay
> on its way in to town. People may have been persuaded that they hate
> bendy buses but I suspect they will be begging to have them back,
> once they've gone, when they realise that shoving everyone -
> including the great buggy contest - past the driver means buses will
> sit still for 5 minutes in places like Hackney, Dalston and
> Islington. While trying to board a 38 at Tottenham Court Road in the
> PM peak has always been a challenge I think the bendies do a bit
> better than the RMs did. I dread to think what it will be like with
> standard double deckers.
Would Curitiba-style enclosed bus stops at select locations do the trick?
During the peak, passengers would operate turnstyles to get into the manned
stop, and then when the bus arrived, they could pile onto the bus without
showing the driver anything. Outside the peak, the stops would be open,
unmanned and function as normal stops.
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