(11 Jan 2020, 12:13 pm)ne14ne1 wrote A few bus stops may need street furniture moved, many wouldn’t.
Living and working in the Newcastle Gateshead urban core and travelling at peak times I’d certainly see a benefit from centre exits doors. Several of the journeys I make have standing room only. Having centre exits doors not only would make for more standing room & a more spacious open feel to the lower saloon, but obviously allows for easier alighting too - and in turn reduced dwell times as people boarding wouldn’t have to wait at all for those alighting to get off.
Newcastle/Gateshead is a city/metropolitan area so not sure why you say London’s buses being designed for city running would be unsuitable here?
I wasn’t implying all buses be dual door. Obviously express/limited stopping services would be better suited to having single door buses so they had an extra 2-4 seats, however many local stopping city type services (not just GNE’s) could benefit from dual door buses.
The only time that buses that have dual doors up here ever get used is when they being used on metro replacements. Buses most of the time don't get busy enough to warrant dual doors