There have been many Bus Priority Demonstration Projects in London and elsewhere, but often they have failed to achieve the full potential throughout a bus route because the most difficult congestion spots have not been improved. A "total route control strategy" has been developed for Route 43 by Oscar Faber, for a partnership of the Traffic Director for London, LT Buses and the other Authorities along the route. This strategy built on the measures introduced on A1, Pilot Red Route in 1991. It requires comprehensive and well enforced waiting and loading restrictions throughout the route, all bus stops upgraded to fully accessible layouts, plus linked and balanced queue control locations at regular intervals. These managed queues will be formed at places where bus lanes permit buses to bypass them; where bus lanes are not feasible, queues will be prevented from forming. This leads to the concept of "virtual" bus lanes. The "people moving" capacity of the route will then be increased. This policy is now being extended to other bus routes in the London Bus initiative. (A)
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