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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rear ends round our corners for the final time.
"Bruce" wrote in message
... I admit to having an inbuilt patholgocial hatred of cyclists who disobey the rules of the road, so I'm as guilty as anyone. But I do think that the bendy buses have been vilified for a lot of problems that they don't cause. I hate them for the one major problem they *do* cause - fare-dodging! Ian |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
On Jul 26, 11:06*pm, "Ian F." wrote:
"Bruce" wrote in message ... I admit to having an inbuilt patholgocial hatred of cyclists who disobey the rules of the road, so I'm as guilty as anyone. *But I do think that the bendy buses have been vilified for a lot of problems that they don't cause. I hate them for the one major problem they *do* cause - fare-dodging! Well, they don't cause the fare-dodging. Facilitate it maybe, but the it is the fare-dodgers that cause the fare-dodging. |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rear ends round our corners for the final time.
"Andy" wrote in message
... Well, they don't cause the fare-dodging. Facilitate it maybe, but the it is the fare-dodgers that cause the fare-dodging. And pedantry - that's another thing they cause! ;-))) Ian |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
On Jul 26, 11:47*pm, "Ian F." wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message ... Well, they don't cause the fare-dodging. Facilitate it maybe, but the it is the fare-dodgers that cause the fare-dodging. And pedantry - that's another thing they cause! ;-))) I don't think so :P I would say that the Boris Bus (and the Routemaster before it) will be / were amenable to fare-dodging as well. Even a 'normal' bus is, when it is busy and the driver doesn't check every person carefully. |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
On 27 July, 00:04, Andy wrote:
On Jul 26, 11:47*pm, "Ian F." wrote: "Andy" wrote in message .... Well, they don't cause the fare-dodging. Facilitate it maybe, but the it is the fare-dodgers that cause the fare-dodging. And pedantry - that's another thing they cause! ;-))) I don't think so :P I would say that the Boris Bus (and the Routemaster before it) will be / were amenable to fare-dodging as well. Even a 'normal' bus is, when it is busy and the driver doesn't check every person carefully. Or how about fear of fare-dodging being the motivation for generations of poorly designed buses, forcing everyone through the same narrow gap? There is a party political dimension here, because I am sure that the current administration doesn't have a long-term aim of providing free public transport. |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
On Jul 26, 11:34*pm, Andy wrote:
On Jul 26, 11:06*pm, "Ian F." wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . I admit to having an inbuilt patholgocial hatred of cyclists who disobey the rules of the road, so I'm as guilty as anyone. *But I do think that the bendy buses have been vilified for a lot of problems that they don't cause. I hate them for the one major problem they *do* cause - fare-dodging! Well, they don't cause the fare-dodging. Facilitate it maybe, but the it is the fare-dodgers that cause the fare-dodging. Pedantry aside, surely the solution to discouraging fare-dodging is to increase inspections, not to change the bus? I don't suppose anyone knows how the statistics compare for fare- dodging on bendy buses vs Tramlink or the DLR, where it's also easy to board without a ticket? |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
Martin Deutsch wrote:
On Jul 26, 11:34 pm, Andy wrote: On Jul 26, 11:06 pm, "Ian F." wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message ... I admit to having an inbuilt patholgocial hatred of cyclists who disobey the rules of the road, so I'm as guilty as anyone. But I do think that the bendy buses have been vilified for a lot of problems that they don't cause. I hate them for the one major problem they *do* cause - fare-dodging! Well, they don't cause the fare-dodging. Facilitate it maybe, but the it is the fare-dodgers that cause the fare-dodging. Pedantry aside, surely the solution to discouraging fare-dodging is to increase inspections, not to change the bus? I don't suppose anyone knows how the statistics compare for fare- dodging on bendy buses vs Tramlink or the DLR, where it's also easy to board without a ticket? Or indeed on Routemasters in the old days, where when packed it was perfectly easy to dodge, apparently, not least because it could easily have been impossible to buy a ticket in the time available. We do know that fare evasion dropped sharply on Overground post-Silverlink and before that on the Underground when Oyster and gating came in, so it's likely that on the transport network as a whole fare evasion is rather lower than it was a few years ago. I have to say I don't consider fare evasion alone as sufficient reason to scrap them, not least because it nowhere near pays for the extra cost of less efficient buses, so you end up not being able to do something socially useful elsewhere in the city. Tom |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rear ends round our corners for the final time.
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:41:13 -0700 (PDT), Martin Deutsch
wrote: On Jul 26, 11:34*pm, Andy wrote: On Jul 26, 11:06*pm, "Ian F." wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . I admit to having an inbuilt patholgocial hatred of cyclists who disobey the rules of the road, so I'm as guilty as anyone. *But I do think that the bendy buses have been vilified for a lot of problems that they don't cause. I hate them for the one major problem they *do* cause - fare-dodging! Well, they don't cause the fare-dodging. Facilitate it maybe, but the it is the fare-dodgers that cause the fare-dodging. Pedantry aside, surely the solution to discouraging fare-dodging is to increase inspections, not to change the bus? Not if your mind is rigidly set against the bendy bus, and you are simply looking for excuses to get rid of it. ;-) |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rear ends round our corners for the final time.
"Bruce" wrote in message
... Not if your mind is rigidly set against the bendy bus, and you are simply looking for excuses to get rid of it. ;-) People who like BoJo hate the bendy bus. People who hate BoJo like the bendy bus. Simples. Ian |
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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
On 28 July, 14:32, "Ian F." wrote:
"Bruce" wrote in message ... Not if your mind is rigidly set against the bendy bus, and you are simply looking for excuses to get rid of it. *;-) People who like BoJo hate the bendy bus. People who hate BoJo like the bendy bus. Simples. Ian Anyone who believes that would have to be. |
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