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Boris Magic Wonder Bus builder announced
On 26 Dec, 23:09, (Neil Williams)
wrote: On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:16:54 -0800 (PST), MIG wrote: Then why are people always complaining that bendys are free? That's a side issue. *You don't need a conductor to check that people have touched in. *A driver can do that if people board at the front. On at the front, off at the rear is the fastest option in a two-door bus where touching in takes half a second. Anyway, they don't have to be the in the same job as the old conductors or on all routes or at all times of day. *It would be good to have someone extra on night buses, say, who could, among other things, sell reasonably-priced cash tickets to new arrivals and people who can't top up. This may well be worthwhile as a security measure if nothing else, though would people be willing to see night bus fares increased above daytime ones as they used to be, so this could be affordable? All I am saying, as Paul Corfield kind of repeated in a different branch, is that there should be a sensible consideration of what is needed in a bus that is suitable for the central London. I don't think it's a bendy or a Routemaster and I have no time for any party political associations with bus designs. I also see a need for better staffing in approporiate roles. I foolishly mentioned the word "conductors" as an aside, and that's all anyone wants to talk about. It's very strange how, in the meantime, various people seem to be claiming that no time is lost by filing past the driver on double deckers, despite dwell time being one of the main claimed advantages of bendys. Even less justification for them then. |
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