Are buses the worst form of travel?

[Scuba_Steve]

So I was walking round today (I know why was I walking when God invented motor vehicles so we didn't have to) anyways I passed through a few bus stops & this got me thinking are buses the worst form of travel?

They are usually either packed or empty i.e. not fun to ride or a waste of space on the road
The are big, slow & annoying for other road users
people waiting round & getting on/off buses are annoying to pedestrians
They aren't cheap to ride (debatable) & they are definitely not cheap to run
They only run set paths at set stops

Really the only advantage I see for buses (in the grand scale) is they provide some mostly empty lanes for us bikers to use.

Anyone else with thoughts on this???

[White trash]

Yes <tenchars/>

[Mully]

When the bus drivers were on strike, Auckland City traffic was fantastic - better than school holidays.

I don't mind them too much - they keep plebs off my road....

[slofox]

Local bus service here is not too bad. You can get anywhere for $3.10. This buys you a ticket that you can use for two hours and lets you link to the next bus.
Downside locally is buses only come along every half hour.

Size etc? Yeah. Too big. Why not have much smaller buses but more of 'em? At peak hours run a bunch on the same route so that as one is filled the next one comes along to pick up any leftovers. At slow times run fewer...

[Kiwi Graham]

Also the noisiest vehicle on the road and one of the worst polluters too!!

[Chooky]

Na... Taxi's are the worst...
Bus drivers can speak engrish.....:cool:

[spookytooth]

Push bikes and walking rank lower in my books

[schrodingers cat]

I've never tested my theory but I think a donkey would be a low form of transport.

Or an Ostrich.

[Usarka]

Skateboards are pretty low.

[Toaster]

are buses the worst form of travel?


Yes <TENCHARS />

Only when you exclude the trains on the basis that they spend more time broken-down than actually "travelling".

[sunhuntin]

the bus service here is beyond shit. the timetable on the nearest stop lists the first bus as being about 10am, yet theres one that goes past about 7.

when i was in chch i found their service great, though pocket timetables were near impossible to find. i made a point of keeping mine though they will likely be out of date after the quakes. i liked the signs outside major stops giving an indication of how far away the next bus was and that you could stay on as long as you liked.

the buses on the gold coast are brilliant. if i get the chance to move over there, i will do what i swore against and become a weekend rider and use the bus during the week.

[Scuba_Steve]

Only when you exclude the trains on the basis that they spend more time broken-down than actually "travelling".

I don't think your've seen just how often the buses also break down :yes:

[mashman]

I used to love riding the buses. By far the best form of transport for extending your slumber... you could get get stuck in traffic and not notice... bliss

[Camshaft]

they worked fucking briliantly in the gold coast on my last holiday but i nearly commit suicide on the few ocasions i have to cAtch busses, the fact there always 20 mins late smell of piss have dregs of society on them and are covered in nigger gang tags and shit make thm the worst form of travel

[spookytooth]

I've never tested my theory but I think a donkey would be a low form of transport.

Or an Ostrich.

I recon a ostrich would be a hell of a laff pretty quick too

[mashman]

I recon a ostrich would be a hell of a laff pretty quick too


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtsQPt54SBg

[racefactory]

Push bikes and walking rank lower in my books

Where is your premise to support this ridiculous conclusion? :shit: Bicycles fucking rock- fun as hell, cheap and good for you. More power to bicycles.

[scissorhands]

A kids kick scooter on the footpath looks like the gueyist way to go.

Smaller buses are a good idea, and many Auckland buses are over fueling in need of service.

Hybrid engines who be useful due to all the idling in traffic, and reduce emissions in heavily built up urban areas. I think in Germany buses need tailpipes that finish upward near the roof to avoid gassing pedestrians

[superman]

I feel like a dick walking up Queen Street having to cover my ears every time a bus goes past. Fuck me they're ridiculously loud. Electric buses or fuck off. Smelly noisy bastards! And not in the awesome smelly noisy bike kind of way :innocent:

[EJK]

Bus rides are free for me so, won't complain :innocent:

[p.dath]

Local bus service here is not too bad. You can get anywhere for $3.10. This buys you a ticket that you can use for two hours and lets you link to the next bus.

That's $3.10 at the point you hop on the bus? I assume that ignores the normally huge prepayment that council's make to subsidise the cost.
Effectively that subsidy means you are paying to ride on every bus ...

I wonder what the actual cost of the fare is when you include the bit you pay for in your rates.

[aprilia_RS250]

The answer people is not buses, monorail, trains, horse carriages etc.

IT'S JET PACKS

It'll be a whole new ball game, you could live in Paihia and get to Akl in an hour say. Hopefully they make 'em fast enough to break the sound barrier.

[Camshaft]

The answer people is not buses, monorail, trains, horse carriages etc.

IT'S JET PACKS

It'll be a whole new ball game, you could live in Paihia and get to Akl in an hour say. Hopefully they make 'em fast enough to break the sound barrier.

that wuld b mean seeing some of those mid air collision and random ppl falling thru your roof as they didnt properly maintain there jet units

[Scuba_Steve]

that wuld b mean seeing some of those mid air collision and random ppl falling thru your roof as they didnt properly maintain there jet units

god could you just imagine the people we have driving round on our roads now, up in the air??? If jet packs take off (excuse the pun) I might have to switch to being a cager, I don't want any 80kg person carrying a 20kg jet-pack falling on & damaging my bike

[bogan]

that wuld b mean seeing some of those mid air collision and random ppl falling thru your roof as they didnt properly maintain there jet units

Nah, jet-pack licensing would be very strict (I hear there might even be spelling and grammar tests involved :shit:), and just include parachutes for any maintenance oversights :innocent:

Just wait until computer controlled transportation is viable, it will vastly improve efficiency, with both time and fuel savings :sunny:

[Bald Eagle]

Nah, jet-pack licensing would be very strict (I hear there might even be spelling and grammar tests involved :shit:), and just include parachutes for any maintenance oversights :innocent:

Just wait until computer controlled transportation is viable, it will vastly improve efficiency, with both time and fuel savings :sunny:
Not forgetting the Bill Gates tax for licensing the OS on the control modules. oops reboot required. :facepalm:

[onearmedbandit]

Where is your premise to support this ridiculous conclusion? :shit: Bicycles fucking rock- fun as hell, cheap and good for you. More power to bicycles.

Where is your premise to support this ridiculous conclusion?

[Drunken Monkey]

I feel like a dick walking up Queen Street having to cover my ears every time a bus goes past. Fuck me they're ridiculously loud. Electric buses or fuck off. Smelly noisy bastards! And not in the awesome smelly noisy bike kind of way :innocent:

Indeed. What happened to one law for all? Pink sticker the fucking things.

[bogan]

Not forgetting the Bill Gates tax for licensing the OS on the control modules. oops reboot required. :facepalm:

That actually happened on one of the electric bike races a while ago, guy stops, flicks some switches, hoons off again. Pretty sure it wasn't running windows though. Mind you at least when a computer system goes offline it shuts down, instead of just carrying on and ploughing into shit.

[Gremlin]

Anyone else with thoughts on this???
As Mully says, they also take a bunch of drivers intent on taking out a motorcyclist before breakfast, and locks them up together in a big metal cage. Most excellent. :yes:

[Bald Eagle]

That actually happened on one of the electric bike races a while ago, guy stops, flicks some switches, hoons off again. Pretty sure it wasn't running windows though. Mind you at least when a computer system goes offline it shuts down, instead of just carrying on and ploughing into shit.

Bit of a worry if said system is running your flying machine at the time, can't see gravity waiting for the reboot.

[Swoop]

As Mully says, they also take a bunch of drivers intent on taking out a motorcyclist before breakfast, and locks them up together in a big metal cage. Most excellent. :yes:
We could get rid of two road menaces for the price of one, if the exhaust pipe of the bus was re-directed into the cabin.
How can we get cyclists in there as well?:scratch:

[oneofsix]

A kids kick scooter on the footpath looks like the gueyist way to go.



segway nothing gayer

[bogan]

Bit of a worry if said system is running your flying machine at the time, can't see gravity waiting for the reboot.

That's where the new tech comes in, it can crash and reboot over 50 times a second! safe :wings:

[oneofsix]

god could you just imagine the people we have driving round on our roads now, up in the air??? If jet packs take off (excuse the pun) I might have to switch to being a cager, I don't want any 80kg person carrying a 20kg jet-pack falling on & damaging my bike

most likely people to take up jetpacks would be a sub-group from the bikers. Fluck it would be dangerous up there :yes:

[Gremlin]

We could get rid of two road menaces for the price of one, if the exhaust pipe of the bus was re-directed into the cabin.
How can we get cyclists in there as well?:scratch:
Make them ride alongside. They will either be taken out at turns, or eat the exhaust gases. Oh wait, that would be going into the cabin.

Not to worry, the buses create so much, you could spread it around.

[Swoop]

They will ... eat the exhaust gases. Oh wait, that would be going into the cabin.

Not to worry, the buses create so much, you could spread it around.
If anyone survives inside the cabin, they will be permanently marked for life by the coating of soot they will receive!