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If you had the power to add/change/remove bus routes, what would
you do?

15: I'd extend this to Canning Town. Why Blackwall station? It's a
bizarre place for the route to end with the only interchange being to
the DLR. If it continued a few minutes more to Canning Town then you'd
have interchange with loads of buses and trains, making it much easier
for people to continue their journey.

69: I'd like to introduce countdown for a few stops on this route, but
that's purely for selfish reasons. It'd make it much easier for me to
decide whether to catch the bus or walk to the station!

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Robin May wrote:
"E. Zackatackali" wrote the following in:



If you had the power to add/change/remove bus routes, what would
you do?


15: I'd extend this to Canning Town. Why Blackwall station? It's a
bizarre place for the route to end with the only interchange being to
the DLR. If it continued a few minutes more to Canning Town then you'd
have interchange with loads of buses and trains, making it much easier
for people to continue their journey.

There will be a need for a service across the Lower Lea Crossing once
the new Leamouth footbridge is constructed. Extending the 15 would
probably be the ideal candidate for that; the only alternative seems to
be the 277 which goes off to serve Tower Hamlets Town Hall et al. After
the Crossing it could then head up to Canning Town; it's doubling back a
bit but not too much.


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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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There will be a need for a service across the Lower Lea
Crossing once the new Leamouth footbridge is constructed.

Why does builiding a new footbridge create a new bus demand?

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John Rowland wrote:
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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There will be a need for a service across the Lower Lea
Crossing once the new Leamouth footbridge is constructed.


Why does builiding a new footbridge create a new bus demand?

Because the footbridge links the Leamouth peninsula with the Lower Lea
Crossing (and ultimately with Canning Town station). It will be the
nearest main road to the peninsula which should see some regeneration
once the basic pedestrian links are in place. Currently the nearest bus
stops are the 277 at the far end of Saffron Avenue near East India or
the 115 from next to the Travelodge on East India Dock Road.

For anyone who's interested:
http://www.leamouthbridge.com
http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/72

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London