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Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses

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From: Curt Sampson
Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 00:00
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In article <johansen-0905960814240001@d176.portal.ca>,
George Johansen <johansen@portal.ca> wrote:

>3-4 minute headway on a 
>bus route is considered to be just about saturation.  That means that you
>can add busses, but you cannot space them out and translate that into
>better service prequency.  They'll travel in packs.

But wouldn't that be all right in this case? The westbound number
nine at Broadway station has been crammed at that point whenever
I've taken it to work in the morning. If we added another couple
of carloads of Skytrain passengers, two busses at the same time
would be be utilised.

Of course, the problem might be better solved with articulated
busses with higher capacity. Or, even better yet, the proposed
Broadway LRT.

cjs
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From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Subject: Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses
Date: 1996/05/09
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