M J Forbes wrote:
I've always thought that they should take all the bus routes out of
Oxford Street and instead run a free service with the preserved
Routemasters (or RTs, for that matter) between Marble Arch and
Tottenham Court Road.

So that everyone who shops there has to change bus at least once to
get home?

Or they can do what anyone else with more than half an ounce of common
sense does, and avoid shopping in Oxford Street (especially at this
time of year!)

What about people who are simply on a bus going from somewhere that isn't
Oxford Street to somewhere else that isn't Oxford Street, say Bloomsbury to
Paddington?

"Terry Harper" wrote in message
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On 11 Nov 2005 01:44:51 -0800, "Bob"
wrote:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...867957,00.html

The Times reports proposals to rationalise the number of bus routes
running along Oxford Street down to two as part of plans to turn the
area into a boulevard. Would it be a feasible alternative to remove
buses completely and to build a tramway, offering more capacity than a
bendibus because multiple unit operation, from an interchange node at
Tottenham Court Road to one at Marble Arch, possibly as an extension of
the Cross London Tram proposals? (On a frivilous note one could
envisage illuminated trams to go with the Christmas Lights - although
they would no doubt be a pale shadow of those found in a place renowned
for its frolic and fun)

I've always thought that they should take all the bus routes out of
Oxford Street and instead run a free service with the preserved
Routemasters (or RTs, for that matter) between Marble Arch and
Tottenham Court Road.

So people travelling to Victoria from North London have to change busses
twice on one street? Marvellous idea

--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:10:06 GMT, "d" wrote:

So people travelling to Victoria from North London have to change busses
twice on one street? Marvellous idea

Of course not. You route the buses along parallel roads, with a lot
less congestion. You just don't send them nose to tail along Oxford
Street, taking far longer than walking to traverse the street.
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

Terry Harper wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:10:06 GMT, "d" wrote:

So people travelling to Victoria from North London have to change busses
twice on one street? Marvellous idea

Of course not. You route the buses along parallel roads, with a lot
less congestion. You just don't send them nose to tail along Oxford
Street, taking far longer than walking to traverse the street.

True - although they have to be routed onto several parallel streets for
that to work (i.e. not just shifting the bus jam onto another street).
Parallel roads are available for the western part of Oxford St (Wigmore
St, Brook St) but are a bit more difficult for the eastern part. Buses
that currently serve St Giles Circus will either go round a circuitous
route, miss St Giles entirely, or miss other key stops like Oxford
Circus. Then again, it depends whether they remove buses from all of
Oxford St or just the western part.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London