Yes you would - especially in an urban environment.
The Chippenham to Calne to Swindon route could probably easily accommodate a service frequency of a bus every ten minutes. Whether there would be the demand for a service that frequently is another matter. Certainly, there are lots of country areas where the service is very limited or non existant.
In Edinburgh you might be able to up some of the less frequent services from 30 minutes to every 15 minutes without crowding most of the route but I think there are likely to be congestion issues in the centre of Edinburgh (unless you saw a reduction in other traffic as a result of the enhanced service).
What you could add are circular or peripheral bus services. At the moment most Edinburgh services run into the middle of town and then out again. Services that ran from around the centre of town would make the overall service much more useful without adding much to congestion.
In London, I’m not sure you can increase a service frequency much from every 5 minutes.
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Date: 2012-02-23 02:37 pm (UTC)The Chippenham to Calne to Swindon route could probably easily accommodate a service frequency of a bus every ten minutes. Whether there would be the demand for a service that frequently is another matter. Certainly, there are lots of country areas where the service is very limited or non existant.
In Edinburgh you might be able to up some of the less frequent services from 30 minutes to every 15 minutes without crowding most of the route but I think there are likely to be congestion issues in the centre of Edinburgh (unless you saw a reduction in other traffic as a result of the enhanced service).
What you could add are circular or peripheral bus services. At the moment most Edinburgh services run into the middle of town and then out again. Services that ran from around the centre of town would make the overall service much more useful without adding much to congestion.
In London, I’m not sure you can increase a service frequency much from every 5 minutes.