Dear all

New member here hoping to get a little bit of advice/help. I apologise if this has been covered before but I did try to search for similar subjects to no avail.

My partner and I are hoping to move out to Chesham and wondered about the commute into Shepherd's Bush along the A40. Ideally she would leave Chesham at around 06:00 in the morning to arrive at work no later than 07:30 (but would hope to get in around 07:00). Does anyone have any experience of this route at that time? We have heard horror stories from friends, family, colleagues (the whole gamut!). We have completed the Shepherd's Bush to Chesham journey a few times (on a Sunday [45mins], on a Tuesday at 17:10 getting on the A40 at Westfield and leaving the M40 at Junction 2 [1hr 5mins]) and from Chesham to S. Bush at 18:20 on the same Tuesday [50 mins].

We haven't undertaken the route in the mornings yet. I intend to drive it tomorrow morning but Friday traffic generally seems lighter so may not give us a "typical" journey time.

If anyone has experiences of the journey or parts of the journey at the time specified your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Steve

It's not a journey I take at the time you envisage so I can offer only very limited advice. In London there is a big difference in the amounts of traffic at 06.55 and 07.05. If you can arrive at Shepherds Bush before 07.00 you should be alright.

The inward journey along the A40 is famously awful after 07.00. What it's like a little earlier I don't know. Your idea of doing a test run is good.

Steve-o wrote:

My partner and I are hoping to move out to Chesham and wondered about
the commute into Shepherd's Bush along the A40. Ideally she would leave
Chesham at around 06:00 in the morning to arrive at work no later than
07:30 (but would hope to get in around 07:00). Does anyone have any
experience of this route at that time? We have heard horror stories
from friends, family, colleagues (the whole gamut!). We have completed
the Shepherd's Bush to Chesham journey a few times (on a Sunday
[45mins], on a Tuesday at 17:10 getting on the A40 at Westfield and
leaving the M40 at Junction 2 [1hr 5mins]) and from Chesham to S. Bush
at 18:20 on the same Tuesday [50 mins].

We haven't undertaken the route in the mornings yet. I intend to drive
it tomorrow morning but Friday traffic generally seems lighter so may
not give us a "typical" journey time.

If anyone has experiences of the journey or parts of the journey at the
time specified your help would be greatly appreciated.


I live in Aylesbury, which is further out than Chesham. One of my
neighbours commutes daily by car to Shepherd's Bush (Westfield) and
aims to get to work for 06:30 by leaving at 05:45. His working day
nominally starts at 07:30, but he says that leaving any later risks a
much later arrival.

"Robin9" wrote in message
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Steve-o;120760 Wrote:
Dear all

New member here hoping to get a little bit of advice/help. I apologise
if this has been covered before but I did try to search for similar
subjects to no avail.

My partner and I are hoping to move out to Chesham and wondered about
the commute into Shepherd's Bush along the A40. Ideally she would leave
Chesham at around 06:00 in the morning to arrive at work no later than
07:30 (but would hope to get in around 07:00). Does anyone have any
experience of this route at that time? We have heard horror stories
from friends, family, colleagues (the whole gamut!). We have completed
the Shepherd's Bush to Chesham journey a few times (on a Sunday
[45mins], on a Tuesday at 17:10 getting on the A40 at Westfield and
leaving the M40 at Junction 2 [1hr 5mins]) and from Chesham to S. Bush
at 18:20 on the same Tuesday [50 mins].

We haven't undertaken the route in the mornings yet. I intend to drive
it tomorrow morning but Friday traffic generally seems lighter so may
not give us a "typical" journey time.

If anyone has experiences of the journey or parts of the journey at the
time specified your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Steve

It's not a journey I take at the time you envisage so I can offer only
very limited advice. In London there is a big difference in the amounts
of traffic at 06.55 and 07.05. If you can arrive at Shepherds Bush
before 07.00 you should be alright.

The inward journey along the A40 is famously awful after 07.00. What
it's like a little earlier I don't know. Your idea of doing a test run
is good.

The above is consistent with the historic rule that says you should aim to
get wherever you're going in London before 0700, because that's when the bus
lanes start, effectively halving the road space available for other
vehicles.

--
DAS

On 2011\06\24 17:09, D A Stocks wrote:

The above is consistent with the historic rule that says you should aim
to get wherever you're going in London before 0700, because that's when
the bus lanes start, effectively halving the road space available for
other vehicles.

99+% of vehicles stay out of bus lanes 24/7 regardless of the hours of
operation.

On Jun 24, 5:45*pm, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2011\06\24 17:09, D A Stocks wrote:



The above is consistent with the historic rule that says you should aim
to get wherever you're going in London before 0700, because that's when
the bus lanes start, effectively halving the road space available for
other vehicles.

99+% of vehicles stay out of bus lanes 24/7 regardless of the hours of
operation.

Which means those who bother to read the road signs have the lanes all
to themselves in the 'off' hours!

On Jun 25, 10:00*am, Sam Holloway wrote:

On Jun 24, 5:45*pm, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2011\06\24 17:09, D A Stocks wrote:

The above is consistent with the historic rule that says you should aim
to get wherever you're going in London before 0700, because that's when
the bus lanes start, effectively halving the road space available for
other vehicles.

99+% of vehicles stay out of bus lanes 24/7 regardless of the hours of
operation.

Which means those who bother to read the road signs have the lanes all
to themselves in the 'off' hours!

One's gotta be on the ball where the hours of operation can chop and
change along a stretch of road though - I can understand the 'better
to be safe rather than be sorry' mindset, esp. if one is unfamiliar
with the road or the restrictions - though it is surprising just how
many drivers stay out of non-operational bus lanes as a matter of
course.

In a way it illustrates how very much improved bus lane enforcement is
these days compared to years gone by when obeying the rules on bus
lanes seemed to be an entirely voluntary exercise - it's improved bus
journeys no end.

On Jun 25, 3:21*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On Jun 25, 10:00*am, Sam Holloway wrote:

On Jun 24, 5:45*pm, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2011\06\24 17:09, D A Stocks wrote:

The above is consistent with the historic rule that says you should aim
to get wherever you're going in London before 0700, because that's when
the bus lanes start, effectively halving the road space available for
other vehicles.

99+% of vehicles stay out of bus lanes 24/7 regardless of the hours of
operation.

Which means those who bother to read the road signs have the lanes all
to themselves in the 'off' hours!

One's gotta be on the ball where the hours of operation can chop and
change along a stretch of road though - I can understand the 'better
to be safe rather than be sorry' mindset, esp. if one is unfamiliar
with the road or the restrictions - though it is surprising just how
many drivers stay out of non-operational bus lanes as a matter of
course.

In a way it illustrates how very much improved bus lane enforcement is
these days compared to years gone by when obeying the rules on bus
lanes seemed to be an entirely voluntary exercise - it's improved bus
journeys no end.

Veering to the general: Here in Milton Keynes the bus lanes are peak
hours only and signage does not seem to exclude Sundays!
I have noticed a marked reluctance to enter them outside the
restricted hours. Do we know anywhere else that has bus lanes
where the buses start a good hour after the restriction begins?
JohnG

In article ,
() wrote:

Do we know anywhere else that has bus lanes
where the buses start a good hour after the restriction begins?

Basingstoke's two bus lanes are 24 hour.

Basingstoke buses are no more than 18 hours a day.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

In message
p.homeip.net, at
00:00:00 on Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Paul Cummins
remarked:

Do we know anywhere else that has bus lanes
where the buses start a good hour after the restriction begins?

Basingstoke's two bus lanes are 24 hour.

Basingstoke buses are no more than 18 hours a day.

I think we can forgive that kind of thing.

What's more difficult is a situation like Cambridge where a road's bus
lane was extended to Sundays for one bus every half hour (like weekdays,
7am to 7pm; but the first bus Sunday is at 9.30am).
--
Roland Perry