Paul asked; I answered out of courtesy. It was off-topic so I'm not going to discuss further.
Richard On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected] > wrote: > 2011/12/7 Richard Mann <[email protected]>: > > A bus bay means > > 1) less sidewalk (usually) > > > in here usually not. The space is usually taken from lateral parking > space, not from the sidewalk. > > > > 2) buses pulling out and hitting overtaking cyclists > > > pulling out busses do have the right of way (given you not already > started to overtake them before they are setting the turn indicator), > at least in here > > > > 3) buses swinging their noses over the edge of the pavement threatening > > unwary passengers > > > where are you living? > > > > 4) buses stopping further from the kerb because they've misjudged it, so > you > > can't step from the kerb to the bus > > > blame the driver, what has this to do with mapping? Is this better > without bus bays? > > > > 5) more road maintenance cost (or lower quality) > > > why that? And in which sense are we interested in road maintenance > costs in OSM? > > > > 6) buses lose advantage over cars (the reasonableness of this depends on > how > > long the bus stops, obvs) > > > in here the biggest advantage from taking a bus is that you won't > loose lots of time looking for a parking lot when you arrive, but I > can't see why a bus bay is actually a disadvantage for the bus. Don't > buses have the right of way (in your area), when pulling out from a > bus bay/stop? > > cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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