glasgowken wrote:Most buses are filthy, and stink of stale food & piss
Trains are nicer, & faster
Presumably because the trains never carry passengers- oh and because they charge an arm and a leg. I have gone for 5 trains in the past 3 months, and only managed 1 on time, 1 late and 3 cancellations. Not good enough IMHO!
Buses would be better if they weren't run in a monopoly by Last Group. Thank god Arriva run near me! Perhaps if they did what London did instead of expecting a free-for all, where fares and standards would be better as companies would be fighting for custom yeah right. If I need a bus to University Avenue how many companies do I have a choice of
Interestingly enough, Parking in Glasgow is a joke, (parking in the middle of trafficlights outside Morrisons in Cardonald, so you walk across at green and a parked car moves off nearly hitting you) and as for the bus lanes they are a joke- they put in a bus lane in the toll, yet people still park all over the bus stop further up! And have you seen the bus stop outside the nightpalace further along which is specially positioned so when the morons park in it, (Marios delivery boys for your info) the bus stops in the 1 lane of traffic and blocks the whole junction. And the roundabout on Paisley Road West at Helen Street has a special bit so buses avoid the roundabout yet it's not used....
I'de personally put in more bus lanes- the space is there for 2 lanes all the way on Paisley Road, and 3 at some points just the roads are so badly utilised.
Let me run transport, I could certainly do a better job. Might need a shotgun for some legal regs and some