On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 06:13:24AM -0700, Mr Thant wrote:

The reason you normally have to stand on a bendy is that they've only
been deployed on the busiest routes where you'd be standing regardless
of what bus they use - bendies only have a fraction fewer seats.

********. Bendies seat IIRC 50 but carry 150 max. The routemasters
they replaced could carry 60 to 70-ish with *5* standing. So, assuming
that each bendy replaced two routemasters, which judging by service
frequency is about right, then you were three times more likely to get a
seat on route 38 (the one I use the most) before it went bendy.
Assuming the buses are full, which they normally are when I travel.

However, the biggest problem I have as a passenger with bendy buses is
that they cause all the traffic to stop on New Oxford St because they
have so much trouble getting round the corners at the junction with
Bloomsbury Street and TCR. They also sometimes have trouble at
Picadilly Circus, and the entrance to Victoria bus station, because they
need too much space on the road.

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