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Boris Magic Wonder Bus builder announced
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, John B wrote:
On Dec 26, 11:13*pm, (Neil Williams) wrote: On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:17:49 -0800 (PST), MIG wrote: But there is still the narrow gap and having to wave or bleep something at the driver, which is surely unnecessary. The gap is wide enough for people to get through if nobody stands there. *This can be avoided by going for a bigger bus with more dedicated standing room downstairs. Revenue protection is clearly proving to be necessary, given the reputation of "uncle Ken's free buses". *But then the UK never did, and probably never will, do penalty fares correctly[1]. I'm not sure this is true, except for highly depressing, party- political values of "necessary". The actual TfL studies show that evasion isn't significantly higher on bendies than regular buses - unfortunately, the urban myth of 'uncle Ken's free buses' has obscured the reality. (CUE: pointless anecdotes of "I got on the 29 and only saw 4 people touching in". Well, yes - the others have Travelcards or bus passes). I got on the 29 last night and, er, well actually a chap cheerfully grilled me about whether i was a member of various terrorist organisations, then explained that there was a plot involving gravitational forces, and that he was trying to save London. I don't know if he'd touched in, but he was certainly touched. tom -- I was employed by a Lacanian and, believe me, you don't want to see what a postmodern approach to cashflow entails. -- G' |
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