Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:38:07 on Fri, 23
Nov 2012, John Williamson remarked:
And to the guy that suggested it's only a few seconds delay, it's
actually at least a minute by the time the coach has slowed down,
opened the door, let the passenger out, closed the door and got back
into the traffic stream.

What are these buses doing about traffic lights, zebra crossing and (god
forbid) level crossings? They failing to stop at any of them either,
because a few seconds delay will be so catastrophic?

No; there's plenty of slack in the schedule, just like normal buses that
have to stop every now and again en route.

That's built in to the schedule. I know this because I have scheduled
bus services in the past. I have also scheduled rail replacement
services, and if everything goes right, there is some slack in the
schedule. On the other hand, if all the lights are against the driver,
there are pedestrians on every crossing, and he gets caught at a level
crossing, there isn't. If he also stops to let you and the other dozen
or so people that are too self important to do the walking from the
station they'd have to do anyway, he's late, and so are the onward
travelling passengers.

(And on the roads I had in mind, virtually no other traffic).

This "can't do" attitude is what's dragging this country to ruin, and
especially where things like transport is concerned.

No, it's the "I'm the only person that matters" attitude that's bringing
this country down. Public transport is run for the benefit of *all* the
passengers, not just for people too idle to walk from the train station
to their destination. Incidentally, would you pay the bus driver your
taxi fare so he could pass it on to the other passengers if he dropped
you off at your desired destination, to make up for the inconvenience
you've caused to them? Or are you a cheapskate as well as lazy?

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Tciao for Now!

John.