Capacity of bendy buses

[JWH]

Toby's talking rubbish again - like saying that Ford Escorts were designed for me because I bought a Ford Escort because its design suited me.

Double articulated buses? Fuck me!

I don't mind bendy busses fwiw (being an able-bodied person, no kids etc). What I can't stand on all public transport (and I realise I am sounding like a complete expert now) is that lots of people seem to want to stand right by the exit doors, thus blocking everyone else. G'ah! I'm so perfect and everyone else is flawed, obviously.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

As bendy buses are designed for the city/town where they are used it isn't really possible to give some set in stone figure.

any source for that?

 

[Jazzz]

It's always fun to watch people specifically avoiding the doors where the driver is, as if he's going to check their tickets

 

[JWH]

So could they make more space by putting the driver in a little cab on top of the bus instead of at ground level?

 

[Tank Girl]

I really hate bendy buses. Much too big for south london roads.

definately. getting down rye lane was bad enough before the bendy buses, but now (or normally, when the diversions aren't on) it's even worse, often with 3 or 4 of the bloody things going in one direction.

outside primark they had to put in big kerbs to stop the bendy buses mounting the pavement.

awful things to travel on, hot, cramped and difficult to get off if you're too far from a door.

 

[parallelepipete]

Pickman's, I admire your bravado - I just can't do it. I must be the only fucker buying tickets for bendy buses. It's not the morality, you understand, it's just the absolute certainty that i'll get caught.

I never understand why local authorities can't fund the remaining part of the local bus budget which they're not already subsidising, and make local bus journeys free. People could load and unload more quickly (because you can use all the doors), you wouldn't have to employ ticket inspectors or buy and maintain the ticket machines, and you can hardly dodge the fare when it comes out of your taxes. What better incentive to use the bus, and I bet it would cost less to run than at present!

PS. I do like bendy buses. Routemasters looked like from a distance, or in a toyshop window, but they were draughty, slow and stinky. All credit to their designers for producing something which lasted so long but I don't think they're up to the job anymore.

PPS. Don't the trailer wheels steer to follow the path of the front section? If not, why not?

 

[nogoodboyo]

I'll admit that I hardly ever get the bus now, so I'm mostly against bendies cos they fuck up the roads. Take Barry Road in Peckham - when bendies pass each other they have to slow down to walking pace because there's barely room. That's on the straight bit... they seem to have to wait when it gets to the bend at the top.

They're patently too big for the old 12 route.

 

[Spymaster]

They're patently too big for the old 12 route.

The fucking things are wrong for London.

Outside my office on the Euston/Marylebone road there is a yellow box junction. About 10 meters west of the junction is a bus stop. Needless to say, the back third of the bendy bastard is blocking two thirds of the box junction every time a bus stops

!!!

 

[Giles]

As bendy buses are designed for the city/town where they are used it isn't really possible to give some set in stone figure.

Yes it is.

Every bus I have been in, from my own humble 15 seater Transit upwards, has a little sign somewhere inside it, clearly visible to the public, stating the capacity of the vehicle, both seating and standing.

So, all someone has to do to settle this is to get on a London bendybus, make a nuisance of themselves walking up and down until they find the sign, then report back.

Giles..

 

[Spymaster]

any source for that?

No but it's .......

 

[G. Fieendish]

Re:Garfield Le Chat's comment
The Bus Pictured/mentioned can hold 300 people, but only runs on a dedicated, limited stop, straight, express route...
As such,it's probably completely unsuitable for London...
(It's Part of Sao Paulo's Integrated Transport System (ITS) concept)