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These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.
On Jul 27, 7:04*pm, "Tim Roll-Pickering" T.C.Roll-
wrote: Well when campaigning for Boris in Tower Hamlets and Newham, we found many voters who heavily approved of the policy based on their direct experience of the 25 (and before anyone jumps in, no this wasn't people in the docks end of the two boroughs but those actually living around the route). Now some of this may be the general problems the 25 has, but people believe it was better when it was a double decker, and indeed IMHO on the Ilford-Stratford section many passengers have shown a clear preference for the 86. Certainly the idea that the bendy bus is primarily hated by those who don't have any near them is a myth. No - that's only evidence that the idea that the bendy bus is *only* hated by those who don't use them. It's entirely consistent with the idea, which is almost certainly the correct one, that most bendy- haters don't use them but a small proportion do (and indeed, that said small proportion are blaming the use of bendies for more systemic problems like 'the bus is full' and 'the bus takes ages...) There isn't a universal bendy experience but is the same bus design really suitable for both Waterloo to Victoria/London Bridge and central London to outer suburbs? That's certainly what your candidate of choice seems to believe. (more seriously, it probably is true that although the bendy 25 is a very good bus for Whitechapel Road, it's less good for outer parts of Newham. Similarly, the 29's bendy capacity is needed between Warren Street and Manor House, but again a decker with more seats and less total capacity would be better once you get to Wood Green.) -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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