The number 38 from Clapton Pond to Victoria bus station travelled at an
average speed of just 6.4mph during morning journeys. A mouse typically
runs at 8mph, and a chicken at 9mph.

Transport for London last week released speed data for every one of the
hundreds of London buses under its control.

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news... led_1_4422917

On 2016-02-18 13:10:12 +0000, eastender said:

The number 38 from Clapton Pond to Victoria bus station travelled at an
average speed of just 6.4mph during morning journeys. A mouse typically
runs at 8mph, and a chicken at 9mph.

Transport for London last week released speed data for every one of the
hundreds of London buses under its control.

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news... led_1_4422917


The people talking about there being many stops are on the money there
- in Germany urban bus stops are typically around 1km apart; the UK
usual is 500m at most.

Neil
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On 18/02/2016 14:05, Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-02-18 13:10:12 +0000, eastender said:

The number 38 from Clapton Pond to Victoria bus station travelled at
an average speed of just 6.4mph during morning journeys. A mouse
typically runs at 8mph, and a chicken at 9mph.

Transport for London last week released speed data for every one of
the hundreds of London buses under its control.

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news... led_1_4422917


The people talking about there being many stops are on the money there -
in Germany urban bus stops are typically around 1km apart; the UK usual
is 500m at most.

Neil
It's also the positioning of stops - I seem to remember e.g. on Balls
Pond Road the 38 stops are frequently just before interchanges with
traffic lights - the lights have to be green for the bus to get to the
stop but then invariably they will change to red just after it has
finished picking up/setting down people necessitating a wait for another
light cycle before moving again.

In any case, I'd be interested in seeing some more of those figures -
particularly for the 100, and anything moving via Aldgate or Tower at
the moment...

Someone Somewhere wrote:

On 18/02/2016 14:05, Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-02-18 13:10:12 +0000, eastender said:

The number 38 from Clapton Pond to Victoria bus station travelled at
an average speed of just 6.4mph during morning journeys. A mouse
typically runs at 8mph, and a chicken at 9mph.

Transport for London last week released speed data for every one of
the hundreds of London buses under its control.


http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news...al_hackney_bus
_services_revealed_1_4422917


The people talking about there being many stops are on the money there -
in Germany urban bus stops are typically around 1km apart; the UK usual
is 500m at most.

Neil
It's also the positioning of stops - I seem to remember e.g. on Balls
Pond Road the 38 stops are frequently just before interchanges with
traffic lights - the lights have to be green for the bus to get to the
stop but then invariably they will change to red just after it has
finished picking up/setting down people necessitating a wait for another
light cycle before moving again.

In any case, I'd be interested in seeing some more of those figures -
particularly for the 100, and anything moving via Aldgate or Tower at
the moment...

See the tfl site
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/buses-performance-data



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Mark

On 18/02/2016 17:31, Mark Bestley wrote:
Someone Somewhere wrote:

In any case, I'd be interested in seeing some more of those figures -
particularly for the 100, and anything moving via Aldgate or Tower at
the moment...

See the tfl site
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/buses-performance-data

Thanks!

So with its meandering route, and an average speed of 4.5 miles an hour
in the last period, an average walker will always beat the number 100.