Comments on: A Nottingham bus

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:39:33 +0000

Andy,

I found similarly in Hong Kong that when the cities are that well-integrated with transit, almost nobody really needs or wants to bike anyway, what with the hassle of maintenance, theft, etc. Only if you are living an appreciable distance away from transit (or if you are transporting goods and not wanting to use a car) would you feel that biking is a necessity, or that you would want to extend the distance travelled by carrying a second mode. Also, fold-up bikes may also be popular.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:48:16 +0000

What! No bike rack on the bus?

By: markus

markus — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:30:53 +0000

i like the fact that in my city (Southampton) about 90% of the buses stop outside the train station, and the other 5% has a links with a free shuttle that takes you from city centre to the station. the free shuttle also runs to the ferry terminal

By: Mrs Childs

Mrs Childs — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:12:30 +0000

Its nice to take your guests out safe in the knowledge that you are going to get home again without a fuss…..

By: Malcolm J.

Malcolm J. — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:26:29 +0000

Back in 1974, when I lived in Notts., the buses ran exactly on time! In fact, the schedules had not changed for years and everyone new when a bus should arrive. 7p got you from West Bridgeford to central Nottingham and there was always a bus to take you home after Yates’s closed.

Have you tried the tram yet?

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:41:41 +0000

Yup its good.

Just got back from Europe…the Netherlands specifically. If you thought that the GPS thingy in the 98 B-line sucked…it did. I rode an ordinary city bus in a small town that had an on-board display screen that showed the next 5 stops and the time of arrival at each. Now the trains….wow!

What was also highly handy was that every bus stop has a complete schedule for all the busses serving it. Not only that, but its UNIFORM…the bus arrives at 03 and 33 past every hour from 7AM to 11PM sort of thing. Very easy to use, no weird changes in the schedule.

Being from Chilliwack, which must have the lousiest transit service in the province, Translink is amazingly good.