Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(26/02/2016 16:51)Dentonian Wrote:  I thought the whole point of "fancy buses" was to lure people out of cars, and therefore reduce traffic. Obviously, a slow process, but based on average car occupancy, each 44 seat bus would keep 36 cars off the road.

I agree that buses do have greater capacity than cars, but always think that these kinds of figures try to paint an unreal picture.
I don't know exact figures or anything close, but you could probably say something like: based on average bus occupancy, each bus only keeps between 2 and 4 five-seater cars off the road.