(03 Oct 2021, 8:03 pm)Keeiajs I think the Hub and Spoke method does work. But to be honest what else would they use.
What routes would you put that does't use Hub & Spoke, which will makes its money. It is okay to say that this route could go from X-Y-Z-W. But if it doesnt make any money.
Hub and spoke only really works if your connecting to something faster imo.
The 4 is a good example of a bus that works, you get the 4 from Concord to Heworth then get off and get on the faster Metro to finish the rest of the journey. The 19 is another you get the bus from Cobalt to Northumberland Park / Percy Main / The Ferry then change to a faster transport to get somewhere.
When you starting doing a hub and spoke networks to the wrong places when reality most people are travelling elsewhere it doesn't work. Chester Le Street / Birtley to Team Valley is a prime example of that. If using hubs you have to travel all the way to Gateshead then change back unless you want to walk and stand at random bus stops at Low Fell then the bus becomes very unattractive. That's the 'quickest' time using hubs -
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.85789...00!3e3!5i2, it's way too slow and people going shopping from CLS do and will go to Team Valley rather than Low Fell which there's 10 buses an hour to.
It's similar from the likes of Washington using hubs rather than bus stops in the middle of nowhere -
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.88758...00!3e3!5i1
Or you could just drive in 10 - 15 minutes and cause the congestion every morning on the A1 via the Angel.
