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Boltar · October 4th 04, 03:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london

(UM Pston) wrote in message . com...
(Matthew Church) wrote in message om...
On the road from Hook to Chessington (71 bus route) the lay-by before
the Greenfields roundabout was filled in about 6 months ago, so the 71
has nowhere to pull into (bad thing for the traffic) but OTOH nowhere
to pull out of (good thing for the 71).

Laybys are bad for the buses - having to get back into the traffic
stream delays the service and affects reliability.

People would probably be more inclined to let buses out if they knew
they weren't going to be moving at a snails pace once they've done it.
I live in a quite hilly area and the double deckers have trouble maintaining
25mph on some of these hills which have long narrow roads making overtaking
impossible. Even full laden HGVs seem to manage a better speed up the hill
than the buses. Theres probably a case for more powerful engines in the
buses but in the meantime no car driver who wants to get to their destination
some time the same day is going to let the bus out.

B2003