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Roland Perry · June 28th 11, 09:30 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 09:09:31 on Tue, 28 Jun
2011, d remarked:

How can a bus with less seats offer more chance of getting a seat?

Because you can almost always find one upstairs if you can be bothered
to look.

Eh? Are you suggesting most people hang around downstairs even if its
packed but there are free seats upstairs?

Yes, all the time. Especially if they aren't travelling very far.

Thats not my experience.

YMMV

I'll tell you who does hang around downstairs however - people with
prams, the elderly and others who can't make it up those narrow stairs.
And thats assuming there's enough room for anyone with a pram or in a
wheelchair to get on in the first place.

On the double deckers around here there's a special place reserved for
them.

But hey, double deckers are a british tradition and thats whats most
important. Screw practicality or giving a **** about the less able
bodied.

And of course priority seats for the less able bodied.
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Roland Perry