You Wait Ages For A Bus

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 1:31 pm

chameleon wrote: Just looked at the website, changes are headed:'Building a better bus service'and in relation to the Ftrs:'The new route of service 4 means it no longer has to make manoeuvres that are more difficult for ftr buses'Finally, an admission (or two...) that these things were inappropriate for estate roads, which almost everyone else already knew. Yes, I posted earlier on this thread about the changes - ironic really that the purple slugs have been on this routes for over 5 years and they've only just realised they aren't suitable for some of the roads they've been using.Don't forget though that the slugs were First's way of putting the skids under the Supertram, hence the route they were introduced on...

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 1:58 pm

raveydavey wrote: chameleon wrote: Just looked at the website, changes are headed:'Building a better bus service'and in relation to the Ftrs:'The new route of service 4 means it no longer has to make manoeuvres that are more difficult for ftr buses'Finally, an admission (or two...) that these things were inappropriate for estate roads, which almost everyone else already knew. Yes, I posted earlier on this thread about the changes - ironic really that the purple slugs have been on this routes for over 5 years and they've only just realised they aren't suitable for some of the roads they've been using.Don't forget though that the slugs were First's way of putting the skids under the Supertram, hence the route they were introduced on... Cheers Davey - I missed that post. Does this mean that all the stops on oher routes which have been altered and had extended no stopping/parking restrictions put in place have been a wasted expense I wonder?

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 3:32 pm

Chameleon I think I started a thread on supersize buses when I noticed that almost all the bus stops on the A61 had road markings that extended about 3 times the length of a bus. To my knowledge an in service bendy bus has never used any of those stops on the a61 so I doubt the ones to which you refer were specifically for the FTRs. I would think the only bus stop modifications that were directly down to FTR/Bendys would be to move the stop further away from a junction .

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 4:18 pm

The "extended" bus stop marking are, apparently, to allow the bus to pull in, stop and then pull away from the kerb in the allotted area. One of the most ridiculous modifications to bus stops is what has taken place on South Parkway, where the kerb has been extended out into to read, so the bus stops in the main carriageway, rather than pulling in. This narrows the road to such an extent (especially where there are pedestrian refuges sighted in the middle of the road) that it is now almost impossible to pass a bus when it is stopped at a bus stop, leading to queues of frustrated motorists behind each bus.The only exception to this is the pull in bus stop by the junction with Kentmere Avenue, which the local residents now use for parking, meaning that the bus blocks the carriageway again....

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 4:42 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: Chameleon I think I started a thread on supersize buses when I noticed that almost all the bus stops on the A61 had road markings that extended about 3 times the length of a bus. To my knowledge an in service bendy bus has never used any of those stops on the a61 so I doubt the ones to which you refer were specifically for the FTRs. I would think the only bus stop modifications that were directly down to FTR/Bendys would be to move the stop further away from a junction . You may well be right, though it has not happened universaly. Many of the ftr route stops coincide with the other direction sufficiently to bring traffic to a halt. Then there are those which remain strategically placed just before/after traffic calming chicanes!I'ver not seen any moved, just residents finding their house frontages have become largely unnecessarily large bus stops.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 4:52 pm

well......all v.interesting but at least you guys get a bus service.Where we are,they're 1 an hour and often come late or knock.The joys of living just a few miles from leeds/wakefield in a forgotten village.wudn't see a bendy bus up here.....single deckers struggle !

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 5:01 pm

somme1916 wrote: well......all v.interesting but at least you guys get a bus service.Where we are,they're 1 an hour and often come late or knock.The joys of living just a few miles from leeds/wakefield in a forgotten village.wudn't see a bendy bus up here.....single deckers struggle ! Small village up the road from Mrs C's home land - bus into town every Tuesday, one back every Thursday!!

book · Post by **book** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 5:01 pm

That's a bonus then, there ok in the City on the large corridors, shifting students between bed and lectures. I wonder why they have never put a walking escalator from far Headingley to the City.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 5:14 pm

If they made a few more o them tardis things.....problem solved.no waiting,congestion..........inconsiderates who eat flaky pasties and spill bits all over the seats,turn music up loud on their headphones,sitting at back of bus when people have their mucky shoes,boots,trainers all over the seats(just walked thru all the street detritus....don't need to spell this out),swear loud when there's OAP's,mums with kids on bus etc etc,junk strewn anywhere around the bus as long as it's not in their "own space",talkong mumbo jumbo as loud as possible on mobiles.........Yes,it's a sheer delight travelling on public transport for sure.Bring back the horse and cart(and public flogging for those who perpetrate above).....cos they do all these things in their own houses.....DON'T THEY ?

chemimike · Post by **chemimike** » Sun 04 Mar, 2012 6:33 pm

Trouble is horse 7 carts leave other sorts of deposits. still at least these van be recycled to the roses. My grandmother used to cultivate the local roadsweeper so he would keep her well supplied