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> making it less likely for individuals to get lost and thus take up valuable commuter real estate Directing people the long way around the station (as signage
by quarterto 11y ago
> making it less likely for individuals to get lost and thus take up valuable commuter real estate
Directing people the long way around the station (as signage in more complex stations such as Bank/Monument does) arguably increases the bandwidth of a station, since the bottleneck is almost always the ticket hall and barriers (which are difficult to expand without significant street-level work, for example at Tottenham Court Road and the Cannon Street ticket hall at Bank).
- zeristor 11y agoOr even the Streets themselves; seemingly like roads increased tube capacity begets more traffic. The Crossrail expansion is forecast to be at capacity within only a few years of being opened. They're having issues with what to do with the pedestrians around TCR, the pavements aren't wide enough. Perhaps 2 or more level streets, the 3D city?
- alexbilbie 11y agoPart of the problem could be solved by reducing car traffic in central London and encouraging (perhaps through radically cheap or even free) bus journeys; and improved communication to tourists that sometimes the best way to get from A to B is to walk (e.g Leicester Square to Covent Garden)