On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 05:25:17AM -0700, MIG wrote:

The claimed superior capacity of a bendy over a double decker has
always been hard to believe though.

Now I'm as anti-bendy as they come, but *I* believe that they have a
greater capacity. If a bendy and a normal bus are "crush loaded" (a
term that gives away that passenger comfort is of no consequence)
then the bendy can carry more victims.

The important bit, to me, is the number of seats - ie, the number of
people that can be carried in a civilised manner, with a semblance of
comfort. There, normal buses win every time due to having more seats on
each vehicle *and* operating at a higher frequency so you don't have to
wait so long at the bus stop. But like I said, it's obvious that
passenger comfort doesn't matter.

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