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    Guided Busways

    Think of a busway as like a railway, it has its own segregated and mostly grade separated infrastructure. The big difference is that the capacity of a bus is much less than a train. This is particularly relevant for densely populated areas since in most cases, you’d need more bus drivers than...
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    Disc, voucher and meter parking zones

    I was up in the North of England earlier this month and came across several road signs mentioning a “Disc Zone”. From the signs, it is obvious that they a form of parking restriction, but what makes Disc Zones unique is that parking is enforced by drivers displaying a “disc” (piece of card with...
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    Rerouting all Southeastern Mainline services into Victoria (and via Crystal Palace?) or Waterloo - could it work?

    Victoria is useful for Buckingham Palace and the Kensington museums, so I would highly doubt that nobody wants to go there. I agree though that it isn’t the best terminal if your final destination is The City.
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    I wasn’t suggesting full-blown motorways, but more Paris-style boulevard roads with tree-lined central reservations, bus lanes and high density terraced properties fronting it. There’s quite a difference between the two - motorways divide communities while boulevards bring them together. The...
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    This. It’s a real shame that a network of arterial and radial boulevard-style roads never came to fruition in London, as they would have been really good for shifting traffic while providing room for buses and cyclists. In fact I’d make it a policy that any future planned town/city must come...
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    The Bakerloo extension to Lewisham is still needed however, as that serves Old Kent Road which is an area even more deprived from rail transport. Perhaps you could have two branches, with the Lewisham one as planned and another heading towards Walworth, Camberwell, Streatham and Croydon?
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    The issue with extending existing tube lines is that they are mostly at full capacity. The Victoria Line is already overcrowded for its entire length, therefore extending it will only make problems worse with even more passengers piling on. You’d be better off building a brand new Tube line from...
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    Roger French’s latest blog post might be worth a read - similarly involving buses getting stuck in traffic in Streatham… https://busandtrainuser.com/2024/03/09/busandtrainuser-verify-5/
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    Engineering works on the line through Wandsworth Town might have also played a part on this occasion. My sister has the Citymapper app which did take this into account, but unfortunately didn’t recognise the diversion on the 270…
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    Well I suppose if you are a suburbia resident who always goes to Central London for work, shopping and entertainment, there’s little reason to do so in another suburb. Even so, the journey from Epsom Downs could be quicker if it went via Mitcham Junction. The expansion of the Royal Marsden at...
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    Speeding up slow journeys between London boroughs

    London is a global player when it comes to public transport connectivity, but the issue with cities of its size is that away from the mainline corridors, everywhere takes so long to get to. For example Epsom Downs is only 10 miles from Clapham Junction as the crow flies, but it takes longer to...
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    Five full closures of the M25 in 2024

    Ah yes, I forgot about the A27/A280/A24/A264/M23 route. That’s mostly dualled apart from Arundel and the A280, although I can imagine the increased traffic would certainly clog up Chichester…
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    Five full closures of the M25 in 2024

    I wonder how far from the affected stretch of M25 will diversion routes be signed? Coming from Dorset, I’d expect traffic headed for the anti-clockwise M25 would be signed at M27 J4 to stay on towards Portsmouth and take the A3 up to Wisley from there. Similarly I’d expect traffic coming from...
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    'Higher Speed' Lines by bypassing slow sections with new track

    That would be largely unpopular with the amount of through passengers on that service there currently is.
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    'Higher Speed' Lines by bypassing slow sections with new track

    What would you do about Cardiff - Portsmouth trains if the West Coastway was segregated from the main line? Are you proposing they run via Botley?
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    Why don't East Midlands Trains stop at St Albans?

    It’s a shame HS2 will no longer be serving the East Midlands as the removal of fast Sheffield trains from the southern MML could have freed up two paths each hour to run a semi-fast service. Perhaps something like a 2tph London - Leeds service but calling at St Albans, both Lutons, Bedford...
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    Would you want to travel on staffless public transport?

    Pronounced as X-ing or Zing? The latter rolls off the tongue better, but might sound too similar to a certain Chinese president.
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    Local radio stations

    To be honest, I think the rise of online streaming and touchscreen devices is playing more of a part than anything. Although I can imagine in the case of car commuters, an ever increasing amount will be listening digitally or streaming on demand through smart devices.
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    Local radio stations

    Thought I’d start a topic on this, as it was announced yesterday that one of the most popular radio stations for my local area, Wave 105 (covering Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight), is to be amalgamated into Greatest Hits Radio...
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    Competition to name one of the Class 150s on the Marston Vale Line announced

    I’d imagine those stations would be closed before any such naming takes effect :)

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