(03 Mar 2020, 2:52 pm)WheelBus1986 wrote I completely agree, i have 2 routes in front of my house that can have me at the metrocentre in 36 mins. I would at this moment in time never use them. Its simply too expensive when you already have a car sat outside the house.
I genuinely do not believe that i would consider the bus to be a viable option into the metro/newcastle for leisure unless it was £1 each way, £2 at an absolute push. No way would that be commercially viable for any operator.
If you already have the car, that's the major expense already covered (unless it's on finance). And I don't think many people would want to get rid of their car and switch to bus fully. If you have 2 cars, maybe selling one and travelling by bus would be viable as you would still have a car for 'emergencies'
What they need to focus on is getting young people to use the bus before they get a car. And in that respect, I think having high spec vehicles, with WiFi, USB charging, comfortable seats is the only option. If your only experience of a bus is what crap they use on scholars services, then you'd never want to travel by bus (I know because I was in that exact situation. After I left school, I didn't use the bus for a good year or two, until they started getting the Streetlites and I never used the X21 until they got the StreetDecks)