Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:17:18 -0500, David of Broadway
wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:

It seems like London is very much organized around specific
points of interest, while New York is organized around streets and
overall directions.

I'm not sure London is particularly "organised" - it just "is"!

I have never been to New York or looked at their timetables, but I'd imagine
the difference between the cities is not one of philosophy but one of
frequency. If you're going to run 6 buses per hour down each major road, you
follow the NY model of running a single 6bph route down each road and let
people change at the junctions. If you're going to run 120 bph down each
major road, you run ten different 12bph routes down each road, with each
route going different ways at each junction so few people have to change.

I also like to study maps which is partly why I have some
understanding of the bus system in the 5 boroughs and the limited
links between them - another interesting factor which is not really
noticeable in London.

Except in Havering, Croydon, Harrow, Bromley and Waltham Forest, which have
reasonably self-contained bus networks.

Keep in mind that NJT does not publish an overall bus map.

I was unaware that there was not a system bus map. I consider such
things to be essential.

Sheffield didn't have one when I lived there in 1993.