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The problem with double decker busses is you lose a lot of the capacity benefit by increasing the loading/unloading times. If you eliminated the whole ticketin

• dahauns 1y ago
  Hm...dunno how generalizable the results are, but at least here in Vienna - where we _have_ practially eliminated the (on-vehicle) ticketing process - double deckers were ultimately deemed not worth it: With a high enough frequency for the capacity benefits of double deckers to have merit, the increase in load/unload times became a bigger limiting factor (at least for the models available back then). The city uses articulated buses instead.
  • rsynnott 1y ago
    Roughly every ten years, Dublin Bus tries a few articulated buses, which then get stuck on roundabouts, reminding Dublin Bus why it abandoned them last time. Eventually this is forgotten, and they try again. Really the great advantage of double deckers is precisely that they work where articulated buses don’t; otherwise they’re far too much trouble and you’d never use them.
    • dahauns 1y ago
      Yeah, it's definitely not a straightforward "just do it" with articulated buses - they have done careful modifications here along the planned routes (e.g. redesigned corners/crossings to avoid too tight radii, removed parking spots to allow for longer bus stops in narrow streets etc). Vienna's not that roundabout-heavy though, I can see where those (at least small, tight ones) would be the end boss for an articulated bus. :)