"NM" wrote in message
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iantheengineer wrote:

"NM" wrote in message
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iantheengineer wrote:


How fast would urban public transport be with no cars
on the road? (and no vans, cycles, taxis etc. if that helps).



Is this a question, is it not obvious enough.

It will be exactly the travel time + the stops for pick up/drop off,

without

any delay occurring due to congestion, and there would be no need for

bus

lanes!

Without busses and bus lanes there would be even less congestion.



How many cars does it take to move 72 people, at say 5 seats per car 15,
okay and what area does a car take up 5.75m by 2.5m roughly so 14.4m2
times
15 = 216m2, and what area does a double decker take 12.9m long by 2.5m =
32.25m2, hmm I need say no more.



Take off your rose tinted's and actually look at your average bus,
usually about 5 or less passengers, I went from Cheltenham to London by
coach the other day, there were as many passengers as I could get in my
car with seats left over.


Okay many routes have this, but it is purely because the services are not
reviewed. If the PT companies are operating like most businesses, they will
supply to satisfy a demand, and in the case you are talking of demand was
low. Perhaps thsi was a small blip and it normally has more passengers, but
the bus will not continue if they have no passengers unless under some sort
of subsidised agreement.