end bus slowness
@fasterbus.es
Cities need fast buses to work.
If that means slowing down some cars, it's OK.
If that means slowing down some cars, it's OK.
3️⃣ 1/4 MILE STOP SPACING
Before consolidating stops, agencies should prepare with real-world, stop-level data showing exactly where riders with mobility impairments are boarding and exiting. Usually the data show exactly where an extra stop is needed. Don’t be afraid to consolidate the rest.
Before consolidating stops, agencies should prepare with real-world, stop-level data showing exactly where riders with mobility impairments are boarding and exiting. Usually the data show exactly where an extra stop is needed. Don’t be afraid to consolidate the rest.
January 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
3️⃣ 1/4 MILE STOP SPACING
Before consolidating stops, agencies should prepare with real-world, stop-level data showing exactly where riders with mobility impairments are boarding and exiting. Usually the data show exactly where an extra stop is needed. Don’t be afraid to consolidate the rest.
Before consolidating stops, agencies should prepare with real-world, stop-level data showing exactly where riders with mobility impairments are boarding and exiting. Usually the data show exactly where an extra stop is needed. Don’t be afraid to consolidate the rest.
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Most people in NYC don't own a car. The percentage of people driving into lower Manhattan is a fraction of those who just use public transit.
Now that we've had congestion pricing for a week, buses now are no longer trapped in gridlock traffic and I can no longer WALK faster than cars move.
Now that we've had congestion pricing for a week, buses now are no longer trapped in gridlock traffic and I can no longer WALK faster than cars move.
January 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Most people in NYC don't own a car. The percentage of people driving into lower Manhattan is a fraction of those who just use public transit.
Now that we've had congestion pricing for a week, buses now are no longer trapped in gridlock traffic and I can no longer WALK faster than cars move.
Now that we've had congestion pricing for a week, buses now are no longer trapped in gridlock traffic and I can no longer WALK faster than cars move.
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1. With cars banned for personal usage, city buses flow not just much faster, but also more smoothly and with higher ride quality, providing service quality comparable to that of the better light rail lines.
January 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
1. With cars banned for personal usage, city buses flow not just much faster, but also more smoothly and with higher ride quality, providing service quality comparable to that of the better light rail lines.
A lot of bus drivers make unsafe turns. If you read accident reports involving pedestrians, a strong pattern of hasty and unprepared turning comes into focus.
In my view, learning to turn on trolley wire teaches discipline about turns in general.
In my view, learning to turn on trolley wire teaches discipline about turns in general.
January 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
A lot of bus drivers make unsafe turns. If you read accident reports involving pedestrians, a strong pattern of hasty and unprepared turning comes into focus.
In my view, learning to turn on trolley wire teaches discipline about turns in general.
In my view, learning to turn on trolley wire teaches discipline about turns in general.
2️⃣ STRAIGHTER ROUTING
A safely made turn adds 30s to a route even before adding time to slow down to turning speed & speed back up. And a turn is rarely alone: a true deviation requires 4.
In other words, straightening out that deviation will save every human on the bus 2 minutes—an eternity.
2/2
A safely made turn adds 30s to a route even before adding time to slow down to turning speed & speed back up. And a turn is rarely alone: a true deviation requires 4.
In other words, straightening out that deviation will save every human on the bus 2 minutes—an eternity.
2/2
January 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
2️⃣ STRAIGHTER ROUTING
A safely made turn adds 30s to a route even before adding time to slow down to turning speed & speed back up. And a turn is rarely alone: a true deviation requires 4.
In other words, straightening out that deviation will save every human on the bus 2 minutes—an eternity.
2/2
A safely made turn adds 30s to a route even before adding time to slow down to turning speed & speed back up. And a turn is rarely alone: a true deviation requires 4.
In other words, straightening out that deviation will save every human on the bus 2 minutes—an eternity.
2/2
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Bus Priority lanes will deliver more bus service with the same number of buses and drivers
January 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Bus Priority lanes will deliver more bus service with the same number of buses and drivers
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I think the current high-end Manhattan version of a bus - limited stops and electrified and with dedicated lanes and running every 5 minutes at peak - is enough of an upgrade over what everybody imagines buses are like that it could win over a lot of well-to-do riders if it becomes more prevalent.
January 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I think the current high-end Manhattan version of a bus - limited stops and electrified and with dedicated lanes and running every 5 minutes at peak - is enough of an upgrade over what everybody imagines buses are like that it could win over a lot of well-to-do riders if it becomes more prevalent.
1️⃣ MORE FREQUENCY
So a 15-minute schedule—what most US agencies call "frequent"—will still send people to cars. They won't wait half an hour or more. When they do once, on the day when everything goes wrong, they'll stop riding.
But 5-minute or better scheduled frequency is a different story.
2/2
So a 15-minute schedule—what most US agencies call "frequent"—will still send people to cars. They won't wait half an hour or more. When they do once, on the day when everything goes wrong, they'll stop riding.
But 5-minute or better scheduled frequency is a different story.
2/2
January 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
1️⃣ MORE FREQUENCY
So a 15-minute schedule—what most US agencies call "frequent"—will still send people to cars. They won't wait half an hour or more. When they do once, on the day when everything goes wrong, they'll stop riding.
But 5-minute or better scheduled frequency is a different story.
2/2
So a 15-minute schedule—what most US agencies call "frequent"—will still send people to cars. They won't wait half an hour or more. When they do once, on the day when everything goes wrong, they'll stop riding.
But 5-minute or better scheduled frequency is a different story.
2/2
Perhaps (whispers) priority for north-south avenues should be reexamined to the extent it allows for faster buses. 10 mph is possible. Lots of cities achieve it in the city center.
January 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Perhaps (whispers) priority for north-south avenues should be reexamined to the extent it allows for faster buses. 10 mph is possible. Lots of cities achieve it in the city center.