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public transport
suzota:
the busses round my way stop running at 7pm.
so if you want to go into town youv'e had it.
car all the way.
can't beat them.
barmiebrumie:
Debate on radio 2 now.
John.
Priglet:
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Advantages of a bus
errr .... nope you got me there
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You can drink and there's no arguments about who's driving :P
thermidorthelobster:
--- Quote from: "Bob696" ---Advantages of a bus
errr .... nope you got me there
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Well, I'm no great fan of buses, but let's see:
1) Takes up about the space of 3 4x4s on the road but can hold 73 passengers - so that's at least 3 times as many passengers per unit of road
2) Does 6mpg but can, er, hold 73 passengers, that's about 2-3 times as economical per passenger as a 4x4
I picked 4x4s because they have large passenger capacities in general. A "normal" car with 4 passengers would skew the figures more in favour of the bus, if anything.
That's not to say I ever take buses, but I do see a few benefits of the concept :)
Let's imagine getting rid of buses for a moment. Assume 50 passengers per bus. Now let's assume they all decant into cars and sit 2-up (optimistically). So that's 25 cars. Would you rather be vying at the traffic lights with one bus or 25 cars?
TimM:
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---.......buses.......can hold 73 passengers
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Any there lies the problem with the UK, the CAN hold 73 passengers, but through bad service, high prices, bad times etc they quite often hold about 3 (including the driver) :cry:
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