tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post2742278820655822173..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: Honk! "Straddling" Bus? (Have a stupid weekend)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-54802689372872954722010-08-04T18:04:32.000+02:002010-08-04T18:04:32.000+02:00Very inspiring, and everything the monorail should...Very inspiring, and everything the monorail should have been. It has made me wonder why we don’t run buses across roof tops! What the “straddling” bus misses is the opportunity to harvest energy from passengers descending to the ground. Additionally, half or all of the straddling lower section could be converted to allow cars to “roll on” and “roll off”, like a ferry – so people could use the Ian Perrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-31872532619427887462010-08-13T20:11:35.000+02:002010-08-13T20:11:35.000+02:00Dear Sujit and others,I agree with the basic premi...Dear Sujit and others,<br><br>I agree with the basic premise that we need to focus on the true point of our work, moving people and improving accessibility, rather than spending all our time and money on congestion reducing schemes. However, I am not sure I agree that this bus system is of the latter. While it does indeed move buses out of the way of cars, and that seems to be how it is sold, theLewis Thorwaldson, USAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-83784963523395518602011-03-14T18:36:06.000+01:002011-03-14T18:36:06.000+01:00It will probably cost too much to have the station...It will probably cost too much to have the stations sink back into the ground after the bus passes but we can leave the "second floor" stations in place straddling the sidewalk. People on the sidewalk will be able to walk under the stations all of the time.<br><br>It would not be necessary to modify the roadway if we can live with just one lane of traffic passing under the bus that ajaynejrhttp://www.cockam.comnoreply@blogger.com