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Old November 21st 08, 11:44 AM posted to uk.transport.london
David Cantrell David Cantrell is offline
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 09:18:56PM +0000, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Neil Williams wrote:
The general principle would be that infrastructure should be such that
the bus should always be kept moving at or near the speed limit except
when it wishes to stop, and when it wishes to stop that it should do so
without obstructing other traffic. This is how good it is in the
Netherlands and much of Germany,

I'm dubious about this. Is there enough distance between stops to get up
to full speed?


There are in a few places. Not many though. The ones I can think of
are all on the roads that meet at Hyde Park Corner.

Mind you, there are some places where stops are *ridiculously* close
together. Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane Station are maybe 150 yards
apart at the most, and there's no reason at all for a bus to stop at
both.

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