They had enforcement cameras years and years ago on Willowbrae Road and Lanark Road from memory. They didn't last long. I suspect it would be a council thing rather than Police but whoever it is is missing a trick.
Oh you 100% would I agree, but that alone shouldn't be a reason not for it to be on the table. The convenience of 5 star hotel guests should not trump the transportation needs of an entire city!
It’s a shame that planning permission has been given to extend the Waverley Centre to the roof area. I thought for a long time that that space should be used for buses to create a transport hub. I definitely feel Lothian Country and East Coast not using Waverley steps is an inconvenience, with a lot of areas in the Lothians not having close by train connections, a lot of people will travel by bus to catch the long distance trains, the hub nature of the area was convenient.
I saw something like that last week on a bus stop. That should maybe give Lothian Country and East Coast Buses more drivers.
Ah great, thanks.
Thanks.
Such a variety there! I wonder why. Was 12.1 the maximum length available on the B7RLE?
Thank you.
They were like this from new. All new buses from 2011-2014 had white route numbers and orange destinations and via points on the LED screens
Was this a way to make them stand out from each other? Just looks to me like they couldn’t source a white replacement for a broken LED panel so went with what they had lying around.
Equally I guess they have to be careful not to leave parts of the network without a bus for a significant amount of time but this does sound bad and was happening increasingly often on a lot of routes before I left Edinburgh in the spring. No doubt a complaint at the moment would get the standard cut past paste response that the festival is on and this is supposed to pacify everybody within Edinburgh's general orbit, but something does need looking at here clearly, be it resources or weight of maintaining services. I don't know but I've often wondered if splitting routes into multiple sections at this time of year wouldn't be a bad idea.
Most sources and people are saying 50 over 2 years, 25 one year and 25 the year after. Whether they will come in 2023 or 2024 is the real question.
I like the white/orange displays, the number does stand out more being in white.
What are these sources you're referring to? Is there anything concrete here, or is it just wild speculation?
This bus is from 2013.
More than likely not due to Lothian, but rather Livingston.
A wide range of people saying the same or similar things, engineers, supervisors and drivers, although I tend to take drivers with a pinch of salt.
A bit of an over exaggeration. Even smaller cheap run companies like Horsburgh wouldn’t send something into service with “parts of the ceiling were hanging”.
I second that. As i say even budget companies wouldn’t stoop to a level
I was on 634 just before it moved from Marine to Longstone and a group of neds had ripped off every seat back upstairs at the back, things like this seem to be becoming a regular occurence. Kids smashing the emergency windows is another frequent one
The summer holidays are thankfully finishing up, and about time too.
Apart from being unconventional in Edinburgh, the westbound road and pavement around Waverley Steps is so tight & congested that it might make parallel boarding even more dangerous, or at least chaotic. If operators want to load two or three vehicles at the same time they should use two or three separate stopping points. If they don't like long dwell times at stops they should look at processing passengers quicker rather than just opening doors between stops.
No plans to reopen Waverley Bridge and the council intend to pedestrianise George Street. That should help enormously.
Well then they can adjust the cycle lanes and fix Prince's Street up then, but considering the amount of money it took I doubt they'd do that.
Surely here the driver should have noticed and intervened? Even if that was just shouting "Oi!" down the PA, then if they still didn't stop phoning the police?
Forgive me, but I worry that you're slightly out of touch with just how feral these little delights are nowadays.
I probably wouldn't get out the cab as at least there's the assault screen as protection.
Seriously? Having dealt with feral youths in my line of work multiple times, a lot of which come back to my workplace multiple times even after being lifted by the police, they’re not going to be bothered in the slightest. Shouting down the PA as just stated above will just turn the attention to the driver likely resulting in damage to the drivers area i. particular the mirrors or windscreen wipers. Also how do you expect the driver to notice too? Most drivers believe it or not concentrate on driving, on whats ahead of them on the road and not what some delinqual youths on the cctv which you probably cant see on such a small monitor
Tbh its better to just do nothing at all. At the end of the day you’d rather be safe than sorry
Wouldn't this affect Lothian in a way? Would the George Street diversion* for 10 and 11 become permanent?
