The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

Dear all

I know it’s a few weeks out of date, but thought that all “bendy�
lovers would like to see this:

Scania’s new bi-artic – yes, with two trailer sections. And it’s gas
powered.

https://www.scania.com/group/en/scan...ulated-euro-6-
gas-bus/


Sadly, only in LatAm so far – but we can always dream, while BJ can have
another nightmare!

TAFN

Ken

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:06:00 +0100
Water musician wrote:
Dear all

I know it’s a few weeks out of date, but thought that all “bendy�
lovers would like to see this:

Scania’s new bi-artic – yes, with two trailer sections. And it’s gas
powered.

https://www.scania.com/group/en/scan...ulated-euro-6-
gas-bus/


Sadly, only in LatAm so far – but we can always dream, while BJ can have
another nightmare!

I suspect buses are the last thing on bojos mind these days. You have to wonder
how cyclists in europe cope with these mass murdering buses!

--
Spud

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

In article , d () wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:06:00 +0100
Water musician wrote:
Dear all

I know it's a few weeks out of date, but thought that all "bendy"�
lovers would like to see this:

Scania's new bi-artic – yes, with two trailer sections. And it's gas
powered.


https://www.scania.com/group/en/scan...lated-euro-6-g
as-bus/


Sadly, only in LatAm so far - but we can always dream, while BJ can have
another nightmare!

I suspect buses are the last thing on bojos mind these days. You have to
wonder how cyclists in europe cope with these mass murdering buses!

Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

In message , at 11:47:43
on Wed, 25 Jan 2017, remarked:

Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of mopeds
buzzing around, and very few cyclists.
--
Roland Perry

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
11:47:43 on Wed, 25 Jan 2017, remarked:

Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of mopeds
buzzing around, and very few cyclists.

Everywhere? Some Swiss cities have lots of cyclists.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

In message , at 18:24:17
on Wed, 25 Jan 2017, remarked:
Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of mopeds
buzzing around, and very few cyclists.

Everywhere? Some Swiss cities have lots of cyclists.


To be honest, I've only seen a couple of Swiss cities that have such
trolleybuses, but they are hilly, and thus not much fun to cycle in.
--
Roland Perry

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 18:24:17
on Wed, 25 Jan 2017, remarked:
Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of mopeds
buzzing around, and very few cyclists.

Everywhere? Some Swiss cities have lots of cyclists.


To be honest, I've only seen a couple of Swiss cities that have such
trolleybuses, but they are hilly, and thus not much fun to cycle in.

I don't think that lakeside Lucerne is particularly hilly?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57655400441705

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

In message
-septe
mber.org, at 09:08:01 on Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Recliner
remarked:
Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of mopeds
buzzing around, and very few cyclists.

Everywhere? Some Swiss cities have lots of cyclists.

To be honest, I've only seen a couple of Swiss cities that have such
trolleybuses, but they are hilly, and thus not much fun to cycle in.

I don't think that lakeside Lucerne is particularly hilly?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57655400441705

Never been there but Geneva and Lausanne are both hilly (the latter
having a specialty railway from the shore to the town centre).
--
Roland Perry

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:30:32 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 09:08:01 on Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Recliner
remarked:
Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of mopeds
buzzing around, and very few cyclists.

Everywhere? Some Swiss cities have lots of cyclists.

To be honest, I've only seen a couple of Swiss cities that have such
trolleybuses, but they are hilly, and thus not much fun to cycle in.

I don't think that lakeside Lucerne is particularly hilly?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57655400441705

Never been there but Geneva and Lausanne are both hilly (the latter
having a specialty railway from the shore to the town centre).

Either way, the cyclists in europe seem to cope with bendy buses without a
problem. Its only the cyclists in this country who were determined to see them
banned despite them being a godsend for the disabled and parents with buggies.
Tells you all you need to know about a lot of the self righteous snowflakes on
bikes we have here.

--
Spud

The stuff of Boris J's nightmares?
 

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:55:53 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:30:32 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 09:08:01 on Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Recliner
remarked:
Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland for some
time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of mopeds
buzzing around, and very few cyclists.

Everywhere? Some Swiss cities have lots of cyclists.

To be honest, I've only seen a couple of Swiss cities that have such
trolleybuses, but they are hilly, and thus not much fun to cycle in.

I don't think that lakeside Lucerne is particularly hilly?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57655400441705

Never been there but Geneva and Lausanne are both hilly (the latter
having a specialty railway from the shore to the town centre).

Either way, the cyclists in europe seem to cope with bendy buses without a
problem. Its only the cyclists in this country who were determined to see them
banned despite them being a godsend for the disabled and parents with buggies.
Tells you all you need to know about a lot of the self righteous snowflakes on
bikes we have here.

It always seemed to me that the major risk to bikes was from HGVs, and
the bus thing was the imagination of a mayoral candidate who's grasp
of even what his own opinions were was less than firm and would do
anything for election (to be repeated later).

We've seen, successfully IMHO, how separating cycle traffic from the
rest can work well, as long as it improves walking routes as well.
This has a bigger positive effect than a minor (thoughtless,
vindictive) change to bus allocation while other drivers carry on as
before.

Double-artics are now in Barcelona as well, an ideal city for a bus
that likes straight roads. They have been removed from... Hamburg,
was it? Switzerland seems to be the best place to see them now.

Richard.