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January 7th 08, 03:04 PM
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Thames Speed Restrictions
On 4 Jan, 12:32, "Paul Scott" wrote:
"Paul Terry" wrote in message ... In message , Richard writes Perhaps there are other examples but I'm always amazed about the services on Lake Zurich. *Both problems you mention are solved there, although is a lake less affected by weather than a tidal river? *Or are they mooring in a way that some other countries wouldn't allow in passenger service? *(Not suggesting that they are.) The big difference on the Thames is the tide: both the rise and fall, and the strength of the tidal flow. In somewhere like Venice, where there is normally very little difference between high and low tide, and only very gentle tidal flows, water buses can dock in seconds and are held by a single rope in a double figure-of-eight. The total time at most landing stages, including docking, is often no more than one minute (i.e. comparable to tube stops). It'll be all right by 2012 though, Ken is going to re-arrange the tides so that high water slack always occurs in the morning & evening peaks, so that berthing is much easier... If that is succesful, one man operated bendy-ferries will be introduced, these will stretch right across the river, from bank to bank, but won't have any effect at all on other traffic... Paul S- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Of course there will be cycle lanes too. |
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