Bus drivers' toilet-breaks delaying traffic

The removal of indented bus stops is a problem.

Recently on one bus trip into the city I was on the bus in Parker Street Templestowe. The front door did not close. The bus sat for around 10 minutes and some people left the bus to get on the following bus. The bus blocked all the traffic which would not have happened if the bus stop was indented. Given only 15% of Manningham residents use the buses regularly, it is hard to justify that 15% of the population is given preference over 85% of the population. The local road system should be designed to free up traffic, not further restrict as we’ve seen with the introduction of bus lanes and many roads reduced from two lanes to one. Better traffic flow would benefit everyone including buses.

BUS drivers are holding up traffic in a busy Warrandyte street while they use the toilet.... Read More

- Kelvin Eldridge
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