[Talk-transit] Walking buses?

[Christoph Böhme]

Roger

you are right, it really is a coincidence. I just sent a text to receive
timetable information for the NaPTAN stop at the location and it tells
me that bus number 614 is stopping there. The AtcoCode of the stop is 
43000376801.

Cheers,
Christoph

"Roger Slevin" <roger at slevin.plus.com> schrieb:

> 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-----
> From: talk-transit-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> [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-----
> > From: talk-transit-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> > [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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