| Comment | Glasgow also has far *far* too many bus stops (though I've noticed this is a problem across most UK cities too).
Pick nearly any bus route in Glasgow, and you'll see there are bus stops every 200/250 metres or so. In some places it's as bad as 150m between stops. There's no need for it. Buses barely get going on their journey before they have to pull in again.
It all adds up to mean buses here spend a huge percentage of their journeys stopping or dwelling at bus stops. In most mainland European cities I've been to, bus stops are much more spaced out, maybe with 400-500 metres between them. The impact this has on bus journey times in Glasgow is so underappreciated, and I imagine if ever it was tackled head on there'd be a revolt along the lines of "they're taking away our bus stops". |
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