Pricing
Pricing
(03 Mar 2020, 11:19 am)Andreos1 Some interesting points there.
Quite amazed that you would pay the same from Fram as streetdeckfan fan does from the arse end of Bishop, yet others (myself included) who don't have a direct bus to Newcastle need to buy a ticket which costs £7.00, involves a change of buses and can take twice as long as the same journey in the car. Certainly not the sort of incentive to work away on the laptop.
*indicates he's gonna stop talking about prices and then continues to talk about prices*
Seriously though, maybe you have highlighted an issue there. Maybe the operators have the same 'I'm all right Jack' attitude. It works for them, so stuff everyone else who it doesn't work for. Or, maybe they're just ignorant of the fact that it doesn't work for everyone.
As I said yesterday, when I apply a Cost Benefit Analysis, a number of journeys don't work. It's just not feasible at all.
For others it will be.
I'd argue that it needs to be feasible for the majority of the population (and not just the 'sort of passengers' they want - remember that 1% figure you seemed so happy to ignore).
The number of people operators shift versus the population they're not shifting has a huge disparity.
Maybe offering pricing which is attractive for the majority (not just you) and their various needs (not just yours), is one way forward.
(03 Mar 2020, 11:19 am)Andreos1 Some interesting points there.
Quite amazed that you would pay the same from Fram as streetdeckfan fan does from the arse end of Bishop, yet others (myself included) who don't have a direct bus to Newcastle need to buy a ticket which costs £7.00, involves a change of buses and can take twice as long as the same journey in the car. Certainly not the sort of incentive to work away on the laptop.
*indicates he's gonna stop talking about prices and then continues to talk about prices*
Seriously though, maybe you have highlighted an issue there. Maybe the operators have the same 'I'm all right Jack' attitude. It works for them, so stuff everyone else who it doesn't work for. Or, maybe they're just ignorant of the fact that it doesn't work for everyone.
As I said yesterday, when I apply a Cost Benefit Analysis, a number of journeys don't work. It's just not feasible at all.
For others it will be.
I'd argue that it needs to be feasible for the majority of the population (and not just the 'sort of passengers' they want - remember that 1% figure you seemed so happy to ignore).
The number of people operators shift versus the population they're not shifting has a huge disparity.
Maybe offering pricing which is attractive for the majority (not just you) and their various needs (not just yours), is one way forward.