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« Reply #195 on: November 30, 2017, 14:28:30 » |
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On the Causeway to Causeway?
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« Reply #196 on: November 30, 2017, 19:29:07 » |
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It is beginning to sound like par for the course. MetroBust is supposed to be integrated with everything else, but it won't be going to either of the two main railway stations.
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« Reply #197 on: November 30, 2017, 20:32:35 » |
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Shouldn't that be Partway to Parkway?
Rather like Ryanair "nearby" airports. |
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« Reply #198 on: February 07, 2018, 09:58:17 » |
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Planning for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket began in 2011. Yesterday, it launched the most interesting payload ever sent to space, into an elliptical orbit around the sun that will cross the orbit of Mars. If you didn't know about this, see the BBC» report.Planning for MetroBust began in 2006. Yesterday, the Bristol Post reported that the launch of one route had been postponed (again) until summer. It didn't say which summer. The MetroBust spin doctor (I think it may be Comical Ali, from the Iraqi information ministry) explained that this isn't a delay as such. So it is easier to get a Tesla car from Earth to Mars than it is to get a bus from Cribbs Causeway to Hengrove. Bristol MetroBust: Not Rocket Science! |
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« Reply #199 on: February 07, 2018, 14:54:58 » |
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Elon Musk's $1bn penis extension makes for interesting news and it may have seemed easier to do than Metrobus. Around $150m of Mr Musk's hardware was destroyed though. Only a qualified success.
Perhaps if there'd been a benefactor with a billion to spare in Bristol we might have had some nice trams, rather than God awful guided buses.
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« Reply #200 on: February 07, 2018, 16:25:21 » |
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Which aren't even guided for much of the route
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I like to travel. It lets me feel I'm getting somewhere.
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« Reply #201 on: February 07, 2018, 17:50:00 » |
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Which aren't even guided for much of the route
Heard from two bus drivers, "the guided bit isn;t wide enough for a breakdown truck to recover a broken down vehicle" and from one of them, a female bus driver from Nailsea, "they tested the guided bit and it isn't wide enough, when two buses passed each other there was side scrapping on each bus !!!!". Also the latest excuse for the delay in commencing operation on one of the routes is the failure to install the three-quarter-ton ticket machines and yet previous excuses were, "we need to ensure that the smart technology is reliable", well it has been for Londons Oyster▸ system for years now and also on Glasgows subway. Previous to that it was the need for urgent repairs to the Bromley Heath Road viaduct which has necessitated a further month of contraflow due to unforeseen circumstances. Wonder if the next delay reason will be the failure of Network Rail to replace the Gypsy Patch Lane bridge under which double deckers cant pass unless First Bus wishes to increase their fleet of open toppers. |
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« Reply #202 on: February 07, 2018, 22:52:57 » |
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Also the latest excuse for the delay in commencing operation on one of the routes is the failure to install the three-quarter-ton ticket machines and yet previous excuses were, "we need to ensure that the smart technology is reliable", well it has been for Londons Oyster▸ system for years now and also on Glasgows subway.
One of the machines is due to be installed in Long Ashton Park & Ride imminently, to make sure it is robust. How that test will help gauge what will happen when a drunken reveller in the city centre tries to pay for his bus ticket with a stream of fresh urine remains to be seen. |
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« Reply #203 on: February 07, 2018, 22:55:58 » |
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A whole new canvass for spray can taggers, nice!
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« Reply #204 on: February 07, 2018, 23:06:50 » |
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Which aren't even guided for much of the route
Heard from two bus drivers, "the guided bit isn;t wide enough for a breakdown truck to recover a broken down vehicle" and from one of them, a female bus driver from Nailsea, "they tested the guided bit and it isn't wide enough, when two buses passed each other there was side scrapping on each bus !!!!". Also the latest excuse for the delay in commencing operation on one of the routes is the failure to install the three-quarter-ton ticket machines and yet previous excuses were, "we need to ensure that the smart technology is reliable", well it has been for Londons Oyster▸ system for years now and also on Glasgows subway. Previous to that it was the need for urgent repairs to the Bromley Heath Road viaduct which has necessitated a further month of contraflow due to unforeseen circumstances. Wonder if the next delay reason will be the failure of Network Rail to replace the Gypsy Patch Lane bridge under which double deckers cant pass unless First Bus wishes to increase their fleet of open toppers. If the bus scraping story is true then this could be eye wateringly expensive, again. This means a bit more ship jumping before the chickens comes home to roost. What next? I fear a Cambridge style topple on the elevated section. |
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« Reply #206 on: February 08, 2018, 10:59:29 » |
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Planning for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket began in 2011. Yesterday, it launched the most interesting payload ever sent to space, into an elliptical orbit around the sun that will cross the orbit of Mars. If you didn't know about this, see the BBC» report.Planning for MetroBust began in 2006. Yesterday, the Bristol Post reported that the launch of one route had been postponed (again) until summer. It didn't say which summer. The MetroBust spin doctor (I think it may be Comical Ali, from the Iraqi information ministry) explained that this isn't a delay as such. So it is easier to get a Tesla car from Earth to Mars than it is to get a bus from Cribbs Causeway to Hengrove. Bristol MetroBust: Not Rocket Science!When I saw the footage on TV I suddenly found the soundtrack to 'You Only Live Twice' playing in my head. |
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« Reply #207 on: February 08, 2018, 11:45:22 » |
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Moonraker, can just picture Sir Roger arriving at the space station in that car.
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« Reply #208 on: February 08, 2018, 15:24:59 » |
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My Facebook status yesterday:
"If Elon Musk doesn't turn out to be a James Bond style super villain, with a secret underground lair, then I'm going to be disappointed.
The car to Mars (even though it missed) is just a smokescreen folks. 🤔"
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« Reply #209 on: February 09, 2018, 21:04:14 » |
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My Facebook status yesterday:
"If Elon Musk doesn't turn out to be a James Bond style super villain, with a secret underground lair, then I'm going to be disappointed.
The car to Mars (even though it missed) is just a smokescreen folks. 🤔"
For fear of 'topic drift' he could pass for Ernst Stavro Blofeld Jnr. Back on topic, could he be behind the dastardly Metrobust? |
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