Just to really emphasize how important capacity and frequency are:
I got the bus to the hospital today (routine blood tests). There's a direct bus (the 53), that runs from outside my front door to literally outside the hospital, and it only takes 10 minutes. Or I can get any of an 86/253/256 and change onto a 41/42/43/141/142/143; this ta…
Just to really emphasize how important capacity and frequency are:
I got the bus to the hospital today (routine blood tests). There's a direct bus (the 53), that runs from outside my front door to literally outside the hospital, and it only takes 10 minutes. Or I can get any of an 86/253/256 and change onto a 41/42/43/141/142/143; this takes about 15 minutes as I have to cross the road between bus stops when changing bus.
The 53 runs every half-hour, so I generally just change buses, as the combined service on both routes is more frequent than every 5 minutes. A single return journey is £4, a day pass is £5, so it's only a quid extra and I can get any bus I like.
Just to really emphasize how important capacity and frequency are:
I got the bus to the hospital today (routine blood tests). There's a direct bus (the 53), that runs from outside my front door to literally outside the hospital, and it only takes 10 minutes. Or I can get any of an 86/253/256 and change onto a 41/42/43/141/142/143; this takes about 15 minutes as I have to cross the road between bus stops when changing bus.
The 53 runs every half-hour, so I generally just change buses, as the combined service on both routes is more frequent than every 5 minutes. A single return journey is £4, a day pass is £5, so it's only a quid extra and I can get any bus I like.