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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Alan, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that's an excellent rule on three grounds :
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) It is simple and unambiguous</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) The participants always know which situation
they are in, and whether they should yield. It is highly visible when a
potential yield situation arises, no need for control systems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) The priority is to clear the bus stopping place
to make room for incoming buses, so it is right that buses leaving the stopping
area should have priority.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With best wishes, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brendan.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Alan.Howes@cbuchanan.co.uk
href="mailto:Alan.Howes@cbuchanan.co.uk">Alan Howes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=edelman@greenidea.info
href="mailto:edelman@greenidea.info">edelman@greenidea.info</A> ; <A
title=sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org
href="mailto:sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org">Global 'South' Sustainable
Transport</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 16, 2007 10:52
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [sustran] Re: (NEWS) Mumbai's
BRTS project turns into a joke!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I thought someone might think that! I take it what concerns you
is the (two per stop) conflicts between buses moving in opposite directions?
<BR><BR>Remember that the buses will be moving slowly as they are about to
stop or are just leaving the stop. I don't know offhand what the maximum bus
flows are likely to be, but I would not have thought that even in Mumbai there
would be more than 120 buses per hour - correct me someone if I'm wrong (I
could do a check, but it would take some time). At that level I see no problem
with a simple "give way" arrangement (e.g. incoming buses always give way to
leaving buses) - you could have traffic signals, but IMO that would be an
unnecessary expense. <BR><BR>Regards, Alan<BR><BR><BR>--<BR>Alan
Howes<BR>Associate Transport Planner<BR>Colin Buchanan <BR>4 St Colme
Street<BR>Edinburgh EH3
6AA<BR>Scotland<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk">alan.howes@cbuchanan.co.uk</A><BR>tel:
(0)131 226 4693
(switchboard)<BR>
(0)7952 464335 (mobile)<BR>fax: (0)131 220
0232<BR>www: <A
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On Behalf Of Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory<BR>Sent: 16 March 2007
10:44<BR>To: Global 'South' Sustainable Transport<BR>Subject: [sustran] Re:
(NEWS) Mumbai's BRTS project turns into a joke!<BR><BR>Alan Howes
wrote:<BR>> [...] The problem, however, with with-flow bus lanes placed
immediately to the left of the median is that, assuming bus stops are on the
median, the bus doors are on the wrong side (an expensive problem to fix).
MMRDA explained to me an ingenious proposal for overcoming this - at the stops
the buses would swap sides, crossing the median through a gap immediately
before and after the stop. This sounds perfectly feasible to me - the only
potential problem I foresee is that the necessary gaps will be used
(illegally) by other traffic, or even pedestrians (who get a pretty raw deal
in terms of getting across the road).<BR>> <BR>That seems
really dangerous unless there are electronic safety systems, etc. Am I missing
something?<BR><BR>- T<BR><BR>--
<BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Todd
Edelman<BR>Director<BR>Green Idea Factory<BR><BR>Korunní 72<BR>CZ-10100 Praha
10<BR>Czech Republic<BR><BR>++420 605 915 970<BR>++420 222 517 832<BR>Skype:
toddedelman<BR><BR><A
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