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Absolutely brilliant! In London, the buses are a real pain because they are slow (both in terms of how fast they can go and because they stop every couple of h
by mattlondon 10y ago
Absolutely brilliant!
In London, the buses are a real pain because they are slow (both in terms of how fast they can go and because they stop every couple of hundred of meters or so) and you often cant get around them due to narrow streets/constant traffic coming the other way. "Sorry, I got stuck behind a bus" is a common (and legit!) excuse for arriving somewhere late. And in UK and London, we have a LOT of buses which does not seem to be the case in most US cities I have visited where Buses are probably less than 10% of traffic compared to more like 50% (or even approaching 75-90% in some central areas) in central London (anecdotal figures)
The fact that tall vehicles cant go under these is a limitation sure, but right now (in London at least) its very hard for ANYTHING to get past a bus (even cyclists or motorcyclists sometimes) so allowing cars to get past if not lorries is a massive step forward.
When can we get these in London?!
Only drawback I can see is people driving into the back of the thing. I imagine they will be riddled with sensors and big flashing lights if something too tall is approaching from behind (and I would assume that forward looking sensors will stop it just driving into stuff on its own).
- Flimm 10y agoSurely the bus lanes where they exist solve this problem.
- mattlondon 10y agoUsually not because there are other buses overtaking the one stopped in the lane, or there is something else in the way. Plus there are not bus lanes everywhere. But in theory yeah :-) If we had these in London we could return bus lanes to the rest of the traffic or use it for dedicated cycle-lanes or pedestrian use.