Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com> wrote: > A bus bay means > 1) less sidewalk (usually) > 2) buses pulling out and hitting overtaking cyclists > 3) buses swinging their noses over the edge of the pavement > threatening > unwary passengers > 4) buses stopping further from the kerb because they've misjudged it, > so > you can't step from the kerb to the bus > 5) more road maintenance cost (or lower quality) > 6) buses lose advantage over cars (the reasonableness of this depends > on > how long the bus stops, obvs) > > Other than that, they're a great idea. > > Richard > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> > wrote: > > > On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 09:11 +0000, Richard Mann wrote: > > > > > But I haven't tagged any (might be something to do with the > negative > > > value I associate with them...) > > > > Curious what negative value this is?
Number six, buses losing advantage over cars [being slower than cars over the same route] is an inherent part of having buses mix with other traffic, regardless of whether or not there are pullouts at the bus stops. If the bus stops in the main right-of-way, and there isn't room for cars to pass a stopped bus, this lessens the advantage of cars over buses, but only by slowing down the entire traffic flow. One partial work-around is to have both local buses, which stop frequently to pick up or drop off passengers, and express buses, which pick up and drop off passengers only at a few depot points. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
