Re: An idea of mine - express trams

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Bradley Torr" <truenorth@one.net.au.SPAMTRAP> wrote in message
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> michael pascoe <michael_pascoe@iprimus.com.au> wrote in article
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> > Why not double the amount of trams and halve the amount of stops.  IE,
> Tram
> > A stops at EVEN stops and Tram B stops at the ODD.
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> > Just a silly idea?
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> But it wouldn't necessarily make the trams faster as a whole. It might
> reduce the number of stops per each tram, but consider this.
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> Tram A is going along Sydney Road citybound in the morning peak. Tram B is
> following behind. The stops are numbered  "A1", "B1", "A2", "B2", etc. in
> an alternating pattern. Tram A has to stop at Stop A1 to pick up / set
down
> passengers. Tram B is just behind.

That is the error, send the 'B' ahead of the 'A'.  'B' skips the 'A1' stop.

>While Tram A is stopped at Stop A1, Tram
> B is stuck behind it.

No, see above, the 'B' should lead.

<snipped the rest as reasoning is in error>

Ted