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Clearly not. You’re not going to hold people captive on the bus just to make up a few minutes. However that doesn’t mean the bus drive has to accept new passeng
by pushpop 8y ago
Clearly not. You’re not going to hold people captive on the bus just to make up a few minutes. However that doesn’t mean the bus drive has to accept new passengers when someone does get off (it’s not common that happens but I have seen that happen before and it’s highly infuriating for those waiting for the bus. Which is likely why it’s not common)
- cimmanom 8y agoMy experience on crowded buses is that typically every stop gets rung for anyway, so skipping isn’t an option. Of course, if it were possible to open only the back doors and let people off but not on, that might help, at the expense of leaving the people waiting to get on enraged. But then you also have the problem that on a crowded bus it can be really tough to squeeze past the rest of the passengers to get off, which also slows everything down. The whole thing is miserable, and mostly these routes just need more buses (plus the articulated ones that hold 60% more people).
- munk-a 8y agoVancouver buses have this ability! And they will often specifically refuse to let new people on the bus if they are at or near capacity. It noticeably speeds up things.
- gizmonty 8y agoActually, the train system in Melbourne, Australia was doing exactly this to passengers in the very recent past. The private operators realised that there were penalties for getting to the end of the line late, but not for missing stops, so they just told the passengers who wanted to get off to suck it!