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Pete Fenelon wrote:

Chris Johns wrote:
The bendyness of the busses probably causes more problems in York's
streets - they will fit along "the route" but any obstruction probably
causes them more problems than a tradional bus.


It'd certainly be interesting to see which routes they can and can't be
used on. I would guess that the twisty bit of route 6 through Osbaldwick
will be problematic for them!

Not sure what the next routes planned for ftr are - 1, 3 or 5 would seem
to be the logical next choices.

through traffic - most of York's bus routes are radial, serving two
entirely different areas on opposite sides of the town. Osbaldwick and
Clifton Moor have relatively little in common; neither do Acomb and
Heslington (4) or Poppleton and Stamford Bridge (10). First could have a
much more reliable schedule if they split these routes in town.

pete

I think this is probably the thinking behind Nottingham's system of
not having buses running straight across the city centre -as you well
know, suburbs directly opposite each other over the city centre rarely
have much in common, traffic between them is slight, and there is no
reason why traffic North - South or East - West should balance, the
buses one side might be overfull one side and half empty the other
side.

Instead Nottingham runs buses into a city centre loop, this loop (the
same loop for busses coming from all direction) runs round the city
centre, at a comfortable distance from all city centre destinations,
and then the busses go out the way they came in. If you want to
continue your journey the other side of the city centre, you wait at
the same stop, or just along the pavement, for the bus that goes your
way. I think it is a very good idea. In middle-sized cities, I think
it would be a good idea for trams too.

Michael Bell

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