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Originally Posted by ssiguy
No demolitions, no lanes removals, no large scale disruptive road construction, no transfer, longer routes, more people served, more destinations, serves outer areas including the airport, easily expandable, comfortable, reliable, increases car traffic speeds, all of it qualifies for fed/prov infrastructure funding but costs less so less of a demand from London taxpayers themselves, and no business opposition as it runs on current routes and stops. All this and it's politically palatable as well.
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You're basically describing the Express buses that the LTC runs. 3 routes so far, that have very little stops in between. I don't like the idea simply because if all we do is that, it isn't going to change anything. London's traffic woes are on Londoners themselves. If people stopped driving like clueless assholes London would never have any traffic jams. Another thing is the LTC's current routes are useless. If you want the LTC to be effective, they need to scrap every single route they have now (maybe keep the express routes) and start over. Stop with the nonsense routes that go in and out of neighbourhoods or incredibly long routes, those messed up routes are the reasons people can never transfer on buses easily.
They need to create a grid system here in London. It would be way more effective, have less routes, more buses running on routes, easier to transfer buses, etc. We also need to figure out something else for transit, and I hope we do continue with BRT or a better version of it. Simply because we can't keep leaving London in the past. So many other cities have their road infrastructure in check, good transit, and drivers who aren't afraid of the gas pedal. London to me feels like a big old retirement home.
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