[Talk-transit] Walking buses?
Roger Slevin
roger at slevin.plus.com
Tue Apr 7 00:15:33 BST 2009
Christoph
The fact that a sign for a walking bus coincides with a NaPTAN point has to
be a coincidence ... there can be no other explanation. That point is, or
has been, a bus stop in the past - or maybe the "anchor" for a Hail-and-Ride
section ... without knowing the AtcoCode for the location I cannot say with
certainty. But I can say that "walking buses" do not have records in
NaPTAN.
Best wishes
Roger
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:talk-transit-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Böhme
Sent: 06 April 2009 22:11
To: talk-transit at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-transit] Walking buses?
"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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> [mailto:talk-transit-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of
> 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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