| Re: OT: Beijing road transport. |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: thagor2008thagor2008 Date: Jul 29, 2008 09:11
On 28 Jul, 17:21, ®i©ardo nowhere.com> wrote:>> On Jul 28, 12:12 pm, %%ste...@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: >>> NOX and particular pollution in the city started to rise rapidly. Then
>>> the council stopped publishing pollution statistics. Net conclusion is
>>> that a small number of buses (park and ride) have a much greater
>>> pollution footprint than the relatively clean cars that they replaced.
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>> Thats probably because buses run on filthy diesel engines. Luckily 50%%
>> of cars still use petrol which is much cleaner in all aspects other
>> than CO2. The other problem with buses is that the stops in town
>> centres tend to be very close so the vehicle is constantly stop
>> starting even if the road is clear. Why people can't be expected to
>> walk more than 100m is a mystery to me.
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>> B2003
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> Why do you think that everyone lives on a bus route and are thus within
> 100 metres of a bus stop?
Huh? all I'm saying is I see no reason for bus stops to be so damn
close together so the bus spends most of its time stop starting. Not
only does it slow the journey down but it must waste god knows how
much fuel. Stops a minimum of a quarter mile apart seems reasonble to
me with the proviso that if the bus is stuck in traffic the driver can
let people off if its safe to do so.
B2003
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