| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Tom Pike | |
| Date/Time: | 19/12/24 18:02:00 |
| "Can we now say that this is an accepted fact that delays are up on Chiswick High Road?" No, as first of all the increase is more marginal than you estimated, and secondly private vehicles carry a minority of the people travelling along the High Road. In fact, once it is properly weighted by link length, the increase in the delay is less than one minute for vehicles on average. But only a dwindling minority of people are travelling by car, with more people cycling and most people travelling by bus. You are right that the delay is mainly set by rush-hour traffic, and buses are running faster then. I posted the the westbound actual running times, in minutes, during the evening peak (1600 to 1900) for the 267 earlier: 2019: 9.5 2020: 10.9 2021: 9.2 2022: 8.5 2023: 8.6 So buses are running nearly a minute faster in 2023 compared to 2019. That more than makes up for the increase in running times for other vehicles. The High Road is actually carrying people on average faster in 2023 than 2019, even if a dwindling number of drivers are facing slight increases in delays. |