Comment by ghaff
6 months ago
I usually take the tube in London but there are some point to points where bus is clearly faster than tube connections would be and absolutely faster than walking. Don't really know Manhattan up that far but crosstown tends to be slow in general.
Currently Apple Maps tells me great ormand street to Covent Garden is 19 minutes by bus and 21 to walk.
British museum to Shakespeare’s globe is 32 minutes plus up to 8 minutes waiting for the bus if there’s no delays. 40 minutes to walk.
Usually I walk or tube. There are just some point to points where the tube is a really awkward connection--e.g. Trafalgar to Shoreditch.