(text only) Super Superloop

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It's been a while since I've posted and it certainly has been years since I came up with some form of network changes of my own.

I have been inspired by looking at other bus enthusiasts' ideas, enticing myself to come out of my slumber, touch grass, and return to bring pixels on a white .PNG file to scratch my itch for map drawing. Intended to, as of 2024
It's like facing a withdrawal symptom from a harmless addiction I once had.

Alas, my previous changes focused squarely with South London and any routes that touched Lambeth and/or Southwark boroughs that I saw fit for improvement.

This time? London-wide express bus revolution, again. Come on, you've read the title!

Here's the mandatory .PNG file for you to absorb the artistic glory and to take in the madness I've created.

I am convinced I have Superloop-hysteria.

Warning: Too much Superloop may make you loopy.

Let's get started with what I subjected to plebian commoner bus routes in my quest for fast Superloop, with wordy details!

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2024 now before

Same old. Year recap.

Year recap of 2024.

Better than 2022 I'd still say.

Necessity is the mother of invention - Greek philosopher Plato

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress - David Rockefeller

Jugaad: the use of skill and imagination to find an easy solution to a problem or to fix or make something using cheap, basic items. - a word in Indo-Aryan languages

Postscript: Banditry banditry

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Fly over!

Hi again. It's me.

Not a full return of any sort, but irregular uploads whenever I feel like it.

So I thought about flyovers some months ago and started writing.

I will be taking a break

Self explanatory.

I have no idea how long it will be, but for the foreseeable future, no posts. Thank you for reading my posts until now, bless you, stay safe.

Trolley-wired electric buses on roads || Extended-range battery bus

Extended-range battery bus: A mostly battery bus with a small diesel engine that will kick in when the battery is low

Or trolleywires on corridors, like Streatham High Road, for buses to operate like trolleybuses. Then when off the corridor, they operate as battery buses.

Why I bring them up?

Power losses.

So let's explore.

The Art of Car War

I am modern transport scientist incarnate of Sun Tzu who bestowed upon us his The Art of War which saw little use by outsiders until the leading up to the Great War, and I shall bestow upon you the knowledge 

2024 postscript; you have over £6000 you can spend. Which would you go for?

Local routes - more or less?

The less philosophy seems to have won by TfL; the 346 and 497 have been fused into one Harold Hill-Upminster route - the 346 serving locally from Upminster to Upminster Park Estate with minimal stand time. Likewise the 497 used to serve Harold Hill to Harold Wood with only up to 2 minutes of relief time at the Elizabeth Line station bus stop.

R6, as part of the recent Orpington bus consultation whose report has been concluded, suggests R6 may still be on the cutting line for withdrawal, with the other changes to routes R1/R2/R3 not happening as initially planned.

Is our traditional "circular" services, up to 60 minutes of round-trip time, a failed model?

Could we do with more?

Could we do with less, such as the withdrawal of 497 and R6?

Should the 291 be changed?

Let's explore.

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100% serviced buses

Diversions due to badly parked cars are common in the network.

Permanent reroutings due to parking issues have been done now and then.

Even a bus could be the cause of diversion...