New ideas for Bus Transport

silverharp

A couple of thoughts I've had while waiting/travelling on busses.


there are too many bus stops, the main bus I use is the no 3 from sandymount to town at there must be a bus stop every hundred meters. Why not have a "super" stop about every k/m where you can buy a ticket and see a display of when the next bus is coming'

Where there isn't enough room for a corridor on both sides of a road, why not have one in the centre of the road which goes one way in the morning and switches in the afternoon

Any comments?

Red Alert

That's more akin to a metro-bus but the switchable lane sounds like a good idea.

John R

silverharp wrote:

A couple of thoughts I've had while waiting/travelling on busses.

Where there isn't enough room for a corridor on both sides of a road, why not have one in the centre of the road which goes one way in the morning and switches in the afternoon

Any comments?

With the sort of stupid drivers in Ireland it would be lethal without some sort of moveable barriers to stop idiots driving head-on into each other.

Also if the bus is in the centre of the road it won't easily be able to get to the pavement to pick up passengers.

dowlingm

jarvis street in Toronto is exactly like that - it's called tidal flow. I often thought it would be good for the Lower Glanmire in Cork. There are lights facing both ways strung overhead the centre lane with either a red X or a green arrow (in the same light) depending on the morning or evening. Works quite well.

silverharp

John R wrote:

With the sort of stupid drivers in Ireland it would be lethal without some sort of moveable barriers to stop idiots driving head-on into each other.

Also if the bus is in the centre of the road it won't easily be able to get to the pavement to pick up passengers.

you could have a concrete edge to it in places, and probably yes the stop would probably have to be an island in the centre

Hagar

silverharp wrote:

why not have one in the centre of the road which goes one way in the morning and switches in the afternoon

Where would passengers queue, bush shelters etc., alight and dismount? In the middle of the road?

Alkers

The inside lane could be for busses and the traffic could use the middle lane.

markpb

silverharp wrote:

there are too many bus stops, the main bus I use is the no 3 from sandymount to town at there must be a bus stop every hundred meters. Why not have a "super" stop about every k/m where you can buy a ticket and see a display of when the next bus is coming

Your idea sounds suspiciously like the Expresso service with limited bus stops along a route. It seems to work quite well.

The real-time passenger information system is back on track since the new radio system and ticket machines were fitted and will be rolled out soon (hopefully). There was a thread about this here already.

The last idea (vending machines at the stop) is a great one but it'll probably never happen because of the cost in making the machines scumbag proof :-( It would be almost as good if DB pushed more shops into selling tickets, there are an awful lot that don't.

Where there isn't enough room for a corridor on both sides of a road, why not have one in the centre of the road which goes one way in the morning and switches in the afternoon

Another good idea but there probably aren't many roads in Dublin wide enough to do this and, as John R says, it makes getting to the bus stop tricky.