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Post by southlondonbus on Feb 22, 2024 17:54:19 GMT
“Two-thirds of buses in London approaching traffic signals either arrive on a green signal or receive some form of bus priority.” I must have the misfortune of always being on the one third that don’t. Same here. I'm yet to not get caught at both Stonecot Hill and South Wimbledon on the 93. |
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Post by ronnie on Feb 22, 2024 20:34:25 GMT
“Two-thirds of buses in London approaching traffic signals either arrive on a green signal or receive some form of bus priority.” I must have the misfortune of always being on the one third that don’t. See stats like these are the reason why everyone takes numbers with a pinch of salt Leaving North Greenwich on the 132 post 7pm today, took me 2 sets of traffic lights to leave the station and then we sat at at every traffic light till getting on to the A102! |
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Post by allentc on Feb 23, 2024 8:07:31 GMT
See stats like these are the reason why everyone takes numbers with a pinch of salt Leaving North Greenwich on the 132 post 7pm today, took me 2 sets of traffic lights to leave the station and then we sat at at every traffic light till getting on to the A102! Indeed stats like these are meaningless rubbish in isolation. They don't tell you anything about how long - how bad the traffic was - for the bus to even get to the lights. Horray for the bus approaching a green light but if there was heavy traffic before and after the light then it means nothing. No wonder no one trusts politicians when they come out with statistics like this conjured up by spin doctors. |
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Post by matthieu1221 on Feb 23, 2024 14:30:31 GMT
“Two-thirds of buses in London approaching traffic signals either arrive on a green signal or receive some form of bus priority.” I must have the misfortune of always being on the one third that don’t. Someone needs to FOI the actual locations, I might actually do so actually. I think a lot of the changes have been signal retimings rather than proper priority activated signals so prepare to be underwhelmed. |
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Post by mondraker275 on Feb 23, 2024 17:38:12 GMT
“Two-thirds of buses in London approaching traffic signals either arrive on a green signal or receive some form of bus priority.” I must have the misfortune of always being on the one third that don’t. Someone needs to FOI the actual locations, I might actually do so actually. I think a lot of the changes have been signal retimings rather than proper priority activated signals so prepare to be underwhelmed. It would interesting to know how they calculate it. I do know as a pedestrian if the green man comes up you still have about three more minutes of crossing time... In all seriousness, there is nothing more depressing than seeing the crossing countdown begin from 17 or something, particularly when empty. People who were not at the crossing to begin with end up crossing. |
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Post by BE37054 (quoll662) on Feb 23, 2024 19:58:50 GMT
“Two-thirds of buses in London approaching traffic signals either arrive on a green signal or receive some form of bus priority.” I must have the misfortune of always being on the one third that don’t. And I always seem to just catch the bus, with it being the one third that has to stop and just making it to the bus stop on time! Probably tempted fate though. |
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Post by snowman on Feb 27, 2024 16:21:03 GMT
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Post by evergreenadam on Feb 27, 2024 18:05:29 GMT
Interesting that demand in the LB of Hillingdon is now at 113% of 1999 levels. |
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Post by wirewiper on Feb 27, 2024 18:51:22 GMT
Interesting that demand in the LB of Hillingdon is now at 113% of 1999 levels. I wonder if the Hillingdon increase is due to improvements to services to and from Heathrow Airport? The 278/X140 changes took place after the 2019 sample date and the X140 is known to have increased passenger demand along the corridor. Hounslow, Sutton, Bexley, Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge all record demand at more than 95% of 2019 levels which suggests that services have pretty much recovered from the pandemic in all these areas. Other takeaways from the Bus Action Plan presentation: The increase in patronage on the four routes that were re-branded Superloop in July and August 2023 has been 15 percentage points higher than the network increase. SL7 has seen a 62% increase since the frequency was doubled, although the report does acknowledge a reduction on parallel routes. It is too early to assess the impact of the newly-introduced Superloop routes but an inclusive review is planned for Autumn 2024. The route 63 trial improvements have delivered a net 3% patronage increase on the corridor. The report suggests that the improvements would pay for themselves in five years, although there are also wider network gains where other routes benefit from improvements to bus stops and bus priority measures. Customer satisfaction on route 63 has risen from 70% to 82%. |
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Post by matthieu1221 on Feb 27, 2024 19:40:42 GMT
The Forum Interface drives me absolutely crazy so I've done the usual summary on a Google Docs (once again, focus on bus items due to the sheer amount of info this time around).
The document will be updated regularly. Sample of what it looks like here: |
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Post by matthieu1221 on Feb 27, 2024 20:59:07 GMT
I have updated the document to include snippets of info for the upcoming Board meeting on the 6th of March. I've skipped out on the Commissioner's Report and the Financial Report because there is nothing much new in those. Instead, the document following up on the different items across meetings importantly points out that the 6 million pound investment in Outer London bus expansion has been allocated and will be unveiled in due course.
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Post by southlondonbus on Feb 27, 2024 21:57:27 GMT
I have updated the document to include snippets of info for the upcoming Board meeting on the 6th of March. I've skipped out on the Commissioner's Report and the Financial Report because there is nothing much new in those. Instead, the document following up on the different items across meetings importantly points out that the 6 million pound investment in Outer London bus expansion has been allocated and will be unveiled in due course.
I wonder if some of it will be the changes happening this Saturday in Sutton and Croydon. |
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Post by matthieu1221 on Feb 28, 2024 13:20:08 GMT
I have updated the document to include snippets of info for the upcoming Board meeting on the 6th of March. I've skipped out on the Commissioner's Report and the Financial Report because there is nothing much new in those. Instead, the document following up on the different items across meetings importantly points out that the 6 million pound investment in Outer London bus expansion has been allocated and will be unveiled in due course.
I wonder if some of it will be the changes happening this Saturday in Sutton and Croydon. What is odd is that Superloop press material has made it clear that it is being funded from part of the £6m so some (most?) has already been allocated. I can't find when the £6m was earmarked, would be interesting to see if it was before the Sutton and Croydon consultation began or after. |
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Post by wirewiper on Feb 28, 2024 13:39:34 GMT
I wonder if some of it will be the changes happening this Saturday in Sutton and Croydon. What is odd is that Superloop press material has made it clear that it is being funded from part of the £6m so some (most?) has already been allocated. I can't find when the £6m was earmarked, would be interesting to see if it was before the Sutton and Croydon consultation began or after. The £6 million will include Superloop, it probably also covers any service level uplift in the Sutton/Croydon changes and the recent announcement of a frequency increase for the 370. It might also include any extra resources required for the 346/497 merger, although I got the impression that was going to be cost-neutral because of the lower frequency to Upminster Park. |
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Post by mondraker275 on Feb 29, 2024 16:00:12 GMT
322 new countdown signs. Well one at the Crooked Billet roundabout stop for SL1 and 34 has not been turned on since it was installed months ago.
I would raise but I am still yet to see my last one fixed which I reported 2+ years ago.
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