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Re: Buses, ridership, service levels, congestion, busways, and politicians....
Author: That Bus Guy
Date: 06-06-2018 - 19:03
david vartanoff Wrote:
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> Bob, you raise two very serious defects. The '3
> nose to tail' issue is a failure ofplanners
> andschedulerswho don't ride often enough to 'get'
> the problem.
You know this how??? I am a transit planner who rides buses almost every day. My colleagues who are schedules also ride the bus every day. Makes no difference how well buses are scheduled if they get delayed in traffic or if there are extended dwell times due to fare payment or patron boarding/alighting issues.
SF Muni figured out that all door
> boarding/POP would speed up run times--they were
> right.
It's not either or regarding all-door boarding/POP. Those measures are great, but exclusive bus lanes along with transit signal priority DO reduce travel times as shown in some cities.
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> Bob, you raise two very serious defects. The '3
> nose to tail' issue is a failure ofplanners
> andschedulerswho don't ride often enough to 'get'
> the problem.
You know this how??? I am a transit planner who rides buses almost every day. My colleagues who are schedules also ride the bus every day. Makes no difference how well buses are scheduled if they get delayed in traffic or if there are extended dwell times due to fare payment or patron boarding/alighting issues.
SF Muni figured out that all door
> boarding/POP would speed up run times--they were
> right.
It's not either or regarding all-door boarding/POP. Those measures are great, but exclusive bus lanes along with transit signal priority DO reduce travel times as shown in some cities.
