I used to occasionally use a bus service in the London Borough of Sutton that did the same thing.
Tom On 24 November 2011 10:27, Kev js1982 <o...@kevswindells.eu> wrote: > Preston bus (used?) to operate on a hail and ride basis - i.e. it would > stop anywhere on the estates to pick people up and set them down - in > reality this became a few set places (i.e. where the footpath was paved up > to the road edge rather than having a grass verge) but still rather handy > actually! > > the set down places still seam to be used but the pick up places are all > bus stop a now (however there are more than there used to be - most > installed where people used to "hail and ride"). Seams to be a sensible > idea for a new build estate - put the paths and bus stops where the people > want then! > > Also a couple of buses a day were extended past the terminus so there was > a customary stop opposite the terminus (now signed on the route I know best > as its no longer a terminus for most services!). > On Nov 24, 2011 9:22 AM, "Chris Hill" <o...@raggedred.net> wrote: > >> >> >> Andy Allan <gravityst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >Also, in my opinion, unmarked bus stops are a daft concept to begin >> >with, seemingly dreamed up to make life harder than it needs to be! >> >> +1 Why would you have a stop without a sign as a deliberate strategy? It >> completely defies the idea of bus stops being marked as a place to wait >> knowing a bus will stop there. >> >> -- >> Cheers, Chris (osm:chillly) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > -- http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance
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