[Talk-GB] Naptan Imports

Tom Chance tom at acrewoods.net
Thu Nov 24 10:40:45 GMT 2011


I used to occasionally use a bus service in the London Borough of Sutton
that did the same thing.

Tom


On 24 November 2011 10:27, Kev js1982 <osm at kevswindells.eu> wrote:

> Preston bus (used?) to operate on a hail and ride basis - i.e. it would
> stop anywhere on the estates to pick people up and set them down - in
> reality this became a few set places (i.e. where the footpath was paved up
> to the road edge rather than having a grass verge) but still rather handy
> actually!
>
> the set down places still seam to be used but the pick up places are all
> bus stop a now (however there are more than there used to be - most
> installed where people used to "hail and ride"). Seams to be a sensible
> idea for a new build estate - put the paths and bus stops where the people
> want then!
>
> Also a couple of buses a day were extended past the terminus so there was
> a customary stop opposite the terminus (now signed on the route I know best
> as its no longer a terminus for most services!).
> On Nov 24, 2011 9:22 AM, "Chris Hill" <osm at raggedred.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Also, in my opinion, unmarked bus stops are a daft concept to begin
>> >with, seemingly dreamed up to make life harder than it needs to be!
>>
>> +1  Why would you have a stop without a sign as a deliberate strategy? It
>> completely defies the idea of bus stops being marked as a place to wait
>> knowing a bus will stop there.
>>
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>> Cheers, Chris (osm:chillly)
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