On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 15:06:20 +0000
Someone Somewhere wrote:
On 04/01/2017 12:36, d wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:10:33 +0000
Someone Somewhere wrote:
In offering the buses for sale, Transport Malta had laid down that they
cannot be returned to Malta’s roads, because of the congestion they caused.
So it's not just London where bendy buses are unwelcome due to congestion...
What causes more congestion, 2 double deckers or one bendy? I'm guessing you
don't visit Oxford street very often.
Why would I? I'm a Londoner and we famously rarely visit the West End...
Speak for yourself. I often go there since its about the only place that has
any decent book and record shops left! Oxford street was a sea of mostly empty
buses doing 5mph as usual.
The sort of issue I was thinking of was around Brixton where there are
several pairings of lights that are about 1.5 bendies or 2 double
deckers apart - a single bendy is fine, but once two try to get through
either the arse end of one ends up blocking the lights/junction or
leaves a large gap in front which is rapidly filled by overtaking
marauding white vans and taxis preventing it making the progress it
could do and leading to congestion behind. From memory there were
similar issues in the Aldgate area.
Yes, HGVs can cause the same issue, but there are a lot more buses
around on certain roads than there are HGVs.
Well, its horses for course. You don't use double deckers on routes with low
bridges and bendies shouldn't have been used in areas they blocked junctions.
Anyway, its all academic now, I doubt they'll be back anytime soon sadly.
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Spud