tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211616357616951025.post4741466728705269830..comments2024-03-05T08:45:33.095+13:00Comments on NZ In Tranzit: NICERide - an introduction !David Welchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986414622432134057noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211616357616951025.post-77665075276120943752010-06-07T13:04:23.668+12:002010-06-07T13:04:23.668+12:00I so totally agree Brent - I don't know if you...I so totally agree Brent - I don't know if you read in one of my previous postings a while back (I think it was about Quality benchmarks for transport planning)that was about how on many weekday evenings I travel from town, the CBD, after 6pm and there are 9 different bus services up the road I travel in that hour. But despite this there is still a 20 minute gap with no service due - needless to say Murphy's Law kicks in more than not and I arrive just at the start of the 20 minute gap, at a time when I and the others waiting there are probably all keen to get home for tea. If it was only a 20 minute service, fair enough, but when resources are there but are used so inadequately - so wastefully for a supposedly environmental organisation - as you say there's no excuse.David Welchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986414622432134057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211616357616951025.post-941618655428377992010-06-07T02:05:38.183+12:002010-06-07T02:05:38.183+12:00Of course, a city-wide network of full-time bus la...Of course, a city-wide network of full-time bus lanes, with priority signalling, would enable scheduling consistent throughout the week - without much variation in travel time along a given route, regardless of the day or hour. But whilst bus lanes and priority lights are new infrastructure, and therefore require more expenditure than better planning, there's no excuse for planning inadequacies such as inconsistent gaps between current routes on the same corridor.Brent Palmerhttp://transitmapsetc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com