(02 Sep 2019, 2:50 pm)Rob44 wrote
Some good positives to using the bus but positives in me using my car are door to work. no waiting at bus stops in the rain..... car turning up and being able to get a seat. As for the work you get done on the bus in the time gain using the car i get to do that work .... at work... in a nice warm office with a hot cup of coffee with no swearing, loud music or bloody awful ring tones going off!
Like i said i'm not against the bus but it needs to be substantially cheaper to temp me ( and im a bus fan) onto it. more carrot and less stick.
I suppose it really does depend on what work you do and what route you'll be using. I'm fortunate enough to have the bus stop less than a minute walk from my front door wherever I am. I also spend most of my time working from home, except from when I have to go to meetings,
The X21, as long as you time it right, is actually a nice quiet place to work, with heating during the winter, and air conditioning during the summer! It's especially nice on a night when you've got the whole upstairs to yourself!
For me the cost savings of using a bus vastly outweighs the convenience of using a car, but I suppose that totally depends on your personal circumstances.