Reversing the decline in passenger numbers
Reversing the decline in passenger numbers
(12 Sep 2021, 9:41 pm)Storx I don't want to turn this into a politics debate but you've listed 3 richer council areas and slagged off 3 poorer / rural council areas. There's a lot more funding spend on stuff like poverty and social care in places like Hartlepool that they simply don't have the money to spend on buses. I wouldn't call them disinterested but in comparison to Harrogate and Brighton there's a lot less money needed to be spend on social care and poverty so they have money spare to spend it on buses etc.
Would you rather Hartlepool funded the 1 to Seaton Carew for 3 passengers over housing a homeless person as that's the sort of decision they have to make and sadly in bus terms they've made the right choice imo.
You could use the same argument that someone in Harrogate or Brighton can happily pay £600+ for a yearly pass upfront whereas for someone in Hartlepool that's just not possible hence the skeleton service.
(12 Sep 2021, 9:41 pm)Storx I don't want to turn this into a politics debate but you've listed 3 richer council areas and slagged off 3 poorer / rural council areas. There's a lot more funding spend on stuff like poverty and social care in places like Hartlepool that they simply don't have the money to spend on buses. I wouldn't call them disinterested but in comparison to Harrogate and Brighton there's a lot less money needed to be spend on social care and poverty so they have money spare to spend it on buses etc.
Would you rather Hartlepool funded the 1 to Seaton Carew for 3 passengers over housing a homeless person as that's the sort of decision they have to make and sadly in bus terms they've made the right choice imo.
You could use the same argument that someone in Harrogate or Brighton can happily pay £600+ for a yearly pass upfront whereas for someone in Hartlepool that's just not possible hence the skeleton service.