[Talk-transit] Walking buses?

[Christoph Böhme]

"Roger Slevin" <roger at slevin.plus.com> schrieb:
> A "Walking Bus" is the phrase used for the formation of a group of
> young children who walk to and from school together, with some adult
> supervision ... 

Thank you all for the explanation. I would have never guessed that! It
is a nice idea, though.

> Not exactly a NaPTAN feature!

Yes, indeed. But I am suprised to see that there are nodes for them in
the NaPTAN database. And unless CUS stop type and a OTH timing status
indicate a walking bus I have no idea how to tell from the NaPTAN data
that this is not an actual bus stop.

Cheers,
Christoph

> But then does someone have a better explanation?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Roger
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Christoph Böhme Sent: 06 April 2009 20:46
> To: talk-transit at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-transit] Walking buses?
> 
> Hi everyone
> 
> when I resurveyed some bus stops today I came across some signs
> saying "walking bus" (http://www.b3e.net/walking-bus.jpg). Apart from
> the small sign on a lamp post was nothing else on the street which
> indicated a bus stop. There were even parking cars right in front of
> the sign.
> Back home I say that the NaPTAN data contains information about these
> walking bus stops. http://www.b3e.net/walking-bus-map.png show a map
> with to walking bus stops in grey and the naptan stops in yellow. The
> NaPTAN stop at the bottom of the map has AtcoCode 43000376801, the one
> above is 43000376802 and the other two are 43000373802 and
> 43000373801.
> 
> Since I have never seen a bus in these roads nor any people waiting
> for buses I am really wondering what these signs are there for.
> 
> Christoph
> 
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