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    TRIVIA: What is the bus that sums up your childhood?

    It would have to be Stagecoach Cambridge's ALX300 MANs, with which the Citi brand was launched (I was 5 when they entered service in 2001). When I lived in Cambridge the Citi 2 was my local route, so I was still able to enjoy them regularly up until 2013 - they were absolutely knackered by that...
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    Trivia: Most Hostile Bus Routes

    Well, Cherry Hinton High Street is so slow that it must have been impossible for them to miss!
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    Cambs. guided busway in trouble again.

    Lived in Cambridge for 18 years and always thought that a Guided Busway was the wrong way of going about this - had I been in charge (and given unlimited funds!), it would be a light rail system with a north-south 'pre-metro' tunnel through the city centre, with many of the city bus routes also...
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    How to encourage bus use?

    For me personally, a more reliable service and much cheaper fares would attract me to using buses. Stagecoach Cambridge are an absolute joke, apparently "every 10 minutes" actually means "wait half an hour then three turn up at once". I know that's a common saying about buses but it actually...
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    Arm Out at Bus Stops?

    In Cambridge I always put my arm out, although I only use our buses if I really have to. I'm not paying £1.95 to go down the road when it's quicker to walk than get stuck in traffic, or wait for Stagecoach's hopeless service in the first place. Don't even get me started on the Guided Busway...
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    Saying thank you to bus drivers

    Depends if my bus is on time, which in Cambridge is a very rare thing.
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    'Free Buses'

    Over here, OAPs get the busses for free as long as they apply for a free bus pass. And everyone else takes up the slack!

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