Yes, it would have to have proper bus lanes with prioritisateion. I think we need to channel many routes onto a small number of high-quality bus lanes through the city centre. These would always prioritise busses, and would never get squashed back in with the traffic where the road gets narrow (if the street is too narrow for busses and cars, make it bus only), with bus prioritisation at junctions. Within these central areas, all bus stops would have TVMs and busses would be prepaid only, keeping busses moving freely through the city centre. There would be quality interchanges at the intersection points of the bus lanes.
This would, of course, require a complete redesign of the route map, which we're unlikely to get any time soon.
I reckon we'll get a quick fudge - which will surprisingly work better than the original.
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