Preston bus (used?) to operate on a hail and ride basis - i.e. it would stop anywhere on the estates to pick people up and set them down - in reality this became a few set places (i.e. where the footpath was paved up to the road edge rather than having a grass verge) but still rather handy actually!
the set down places still seam to be used but the pick up places are all bus stop a now (however there are more than there used to be - most installed where people used to "hail and ride"). Seams to be a sensible idea for a new build estate - put the paths and bus stops where the people want then! Also a couple of buses a day were extended past the terminus so there was a customary stop opposite the terminus (now signed on the route I know best as its no longer a terminus for most services!). On Nov 24, 2011 9:22 AM, "Chris Hill" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Andy Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > >Also, in my opinion, unmarked bus stops are a daft concept to begin > >with, seemingly dreamed up to make life harder than it needs to be! > > +1 Why would you have a stop without a sign as a deliberate strategy? It > completely defies the idea of bus stops being marked as a place to wait > knowing a bus will stop there. > > -- > Cheers, Chris (osm:chillly) > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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