Paul Weaver wrote:
On Jan 26, 2:55 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Wider roads and bus lanes would also be achievable, and should be a
lot cheaper.

A few bus lanes on the North Circular either side of Henlys Corner
would help too.


Bus bus bus. While the nation's public transport planning involves
such a skanky form of transport, the car will still rule. There's a
chance that people going to Brent Cross will use their gold/travel
cards up or down from St Albans, Watford, and the lines inward, and
transfer onto a DLR-style system. They are going to drive if it
involves a bus.

I hear you, but the Brent Cross bus network stetches to Watford, Edmonton,
Finsbury Park, Hammersmith etc, and all of these buses currently get stuck
in the abysmal jams around Brent Cross at closing time. I don't believe a
rail system makes sense for the distance from the Thameslink to the Northern
Line. The depot staff would seriously outnumber the drivers, for a start,
and the expense would be particularly hard to justify when it would only be
operational for 10 hours a day.

I don't think a new station so close to Hendon Thameslink adds up either.
There is an emergency-only road from Layfield Road to one of the Brent Cross
car parks, and this allows a guaranteed traffic-free route to and from
Hendon Thameslink, so they could start by running a free shuttle bus via
that route to Hendon Thameslink just to see how many people will use it.
Show the free bus on the Thameslink maps and timetables for a year. People
don't like using buses, but spending two minutes on a free bus doesn't feel
like "using a bus", it's more like using a lift or travolator.