On 16 Nov 2009, at 11:37, Chris Hill wrote: > Ed Loach wrote: >> Recently I wrote (re CUStomary stops): >> >> >>> I can't >>> think of any easy way of verifying those other than hang around >>> all day hoping someone will get on or off (or perhaps trying to >>> get on at one and trying to get off at another). >>> >> >> I saw Peter's suggestion about getting drivers arguing, but thought >> I'd add that while out checking stops at the weekend I noticed that >> during the recent programme of raising kerbs at bus stops in this >> area they seem to have raised them for a number of the CUS stops >> too, making those easier to verify than I had been expecting. Still >> quite a few that aren't though. >> >> Ed >> >> > I have just started to check the stops in East Yorkshire, where there > are 130+ CUS stops. I deliberately went to check the nearest CUS stop > to see what clues there were, only to find it had a sign like any > other > stop. I guess it has been converted. EY stops have a number of > paired > stops with only one sign labelled 'and opposite' for the other stop > and > nearly 50% so far don't display the AtcoCode at the stop. Their > positions seem very accurate.
I also found that stops marked 'CUS' did often actually exist (in about 20% of cases). I have added a note to that effect in the stop data. In Ipswich the AtcoCode is never displayed Normally the location was good, but I have also found stops up to 30 meters out (<5% of stops) It is strange that it is considered worthwhile raising the curb but not to add a pole and flag (possibly something to do with different budgets). Mind you I spotted one bus stop where they had raised the curb and cut the hedge back but had failed to cut the hedge from around the flag which had completely obscured it. Here is the bus stop (with a completely invisible flag) http://www.flickr.com/photos/petereastern/4108552619/ And here is the flag just visible in the hedge http://www.flickr.com/photos/petereastern/4109318754/ Needless to say I took my loppers to the hedge the next time I was passing. Regards, Peter > > Cheers, Chris > > _______________________________________________ > 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
