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Superbly crafted article
DavidC | 30.05.19 - 7:48 a.m. | #
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A service that sounds broadly similar to this launched in Oxford last year, a city with (mostly very good) bus links between the suburb and centre, but much less so between different suburbs of outlying centres.
Against the odds - and suspicions that Oxford Bus Co were principally trying to establish gaps in the conventional bus route provision that they could later fill in using information gathered from the web-based service - it seems to have been rather a success.
But unlike in London, no rambling peripheral bus routes that might be threatened by such a service exist there. Absolutely zero state subsidies for buses there, too, unlike London.
Interesting to see how these things develop...
Dominic H | 30.05.19 - 7:50 a.m. | #
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On the first day that the GoSutton buses appeared (Tuesday 28th), there was meant to be a display at Trinity Square in Sutton High Street from 10.00 to 17.00. However, at 09.50 there was one GSbus parked on one of the bus stands in Shotfield (behind Wallington High Street and on the very edge of the currently served area).
In Sutton there was no sign of the display. When I returned to Wallington 90 mins later, two GSbuses were parked on the bus stands in Shotfield and getting in the way of the regular 151 and 410 buses (being TfL, the GSbuses can use bus stands for parking). Teething troubles, no doubt.
RayL | 30.05.19 - 7:56 a.m. | #
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If you fancy being a GoSutton bus driver, here's the job advert you missed.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.05.19 - 8:15 a.m. | #
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I wonder who designed/wrote the content of the FAQ link. As well as what seems to be a drawing of a GoSutton vehicle with an offside passenger entrance, it includes Americanisms such as "behavior" and "in the middle of the ocean".
Ian | 30.05.19 - 8:32 a.m. | #
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A service like this for disabled passengers could be a better alternative to the hugely expensive and seemingly never ending task of adapting all of the tube stations. Of course it would need to be organised properly avoiding detriment to prices and journey times.
dg writes: kev, meet Dial-a-Ride
kev | 30.05.19 - 8:35 a.m. | #
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Milton Keynes had dial-a-bus in the seventies. Worked well but was ended for needing too much subsidy. There have probably been many such 'trials' since. There is nothing to discover. It will work well if properly funded, or cease if not.
Meanwhile I suspect that many people with disabilities would prefer to use normal transport services like other people do. Not be shunted off into a special out-of-sight ghetto.
Malcolm | 30.05.19 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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The H2 started out as dial-a-bus in 1974, albeit with a fixed starting point and a 15 minute frequency, I believe London Country had their version, based at Harlow.
Still Anon | 30.05.19 - 9:12 a.m. | #
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London has been a pioneer in integrated ticketing - oyster is still streets ahead of what most other cities manage.
So who on earth approved a system that isn't linked to oyster - but instead requires you to download an app and set up a separate payment account?
dg quotes: "This is a limited 12-month research trial, so the service will not be integrated with the Oyster card payment system."
IslandDweller | 30.05.19 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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I wonder how the routes are planned. Even with a handful of buses and a few dozen passengers it must be quite a task devising the optimum way of picking up and dropping off passengers.
dg writes: "ViaVan’s advanced algorithms"
Martin | 30.05.19 - 10:09 a.m. | #
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Unless you use cash to buy a paper ticket or an unregistered Oyster card, I'd argue every TfL journey is 'readily identifiable'. Even then, you'll still be trackable via CCTV.
Sadly, Big Brother is everywhere these days...
Gerry | 30.05.19 - 1:15 p.m. | #
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If only trick or even troll posts were this educated, informative and interesting!
Patrickov | 30.05.19 - 1:29 p.m. | #
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Judging by the non-opening windows looks like this Merc mini-bus is air-conditioned; which would be quite welcome if we have another "British heatwave" this Summer.
OnTheBus | 30.05.19 - 3:58 p.m. | #
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It works in Israel. They are called sheroots.
IwiI | 30.05.19 - 6:35 p.m. | #
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Lies make Baby Jesus cry.
Barnaby Jefferson | 30.05.19 - 10:44 p.m. | #
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I suspected this wasn’t a straightforward DG post from the quantity of exclamation marks used!
Marc | 30.05.19 - 11:08 p.m. | #
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