Christoph The fact that a sign for a walking bus coincides with a NaPTAN point has to be a coincidence ... there can be no other explanation. That point is, or has been, a bus stop in the past - or maybe the "anchor" for a Hail-and-Ride section ... without knowing the AtcoCode for the location I cannot say with certainty. But I can say that "walking buses" do not have records in NaPTAN.
Best wishes Roger -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Böhme Sent: 06 April 2009 22:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Talk-transit] Walking buses? "Roger Slevin" <[email protected]> schrieb: > A "Walking Bus" is the phrase used for the formation of a group of > young children who walk to and from school together, with some adult > supervision ... Thank you all for the explanation. I would have never guessed that! It is a nice idea, though. > Not exactly a NaPTAN feature! Yes, indeed. But I am suprised to see that there are nodes for them in the NaPTAN database. And unless CUS stop type and a OTH timing status indicate a walking bus I have no idea how to tell from the NaPTAN data that this is not an actual bus stop. Cheers, Christoph > But then does someone have a better explanation? > > Best wishes > > Roger > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Christoph Böhme Sent: 06 April 2009 20:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Talk-transit] Walking buses? > > Hi everyone > > when I resurveyed some bus stops today I came across some signs > saying "walking bus" (http://www.b3e.net/walking-bus.jpg). Apart from > the small sign on a lamp post was nothing else on the street which > indicated a bus stop. There were even parking cars right in front of > the sign. > Back home I say that the NaPTAN data contains information about these > walking bus stops. http://www.b3e.net/walking-bus-map.png show a map > with to walking bus stops in grey and the naptan stops in yellow. The > NaPTAN stop at the bottom of the map has AtcoCode 43000376801, the one > above is 43000376802 and the other two are 43000373802 and > 43000373801. > > Since I have never seen a bus in these roads nor any people waiting > for buses I am really wondering what these signs are there for. > > Christoph > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > > _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit
