(19 Sep 2020, 3:35 pm)citaro5284 wrote Quality needs to be quantified more than just vehicles thou imo. You could argue that Nexus should be mandating others things in their contracts like contactless payments and real time information when dishing out of their tenders.
My local routes are ran by Arriva Blyth, and their app (until recently) was a god send. Not having to wait at a bus stop wondering if the bus was going to arrive is a thing of the past and how many people now a days carries much money around with them. I do not think I have paid anything in cash for about 3 to 4 month now.
We are in 2020 now, and both the things mentioned should be just standard, unfortunately for passengers of routes operated by GCT, they just dont have it - which is a shame, but this is also where Nexus need to step up to the plate.
I think the question needs to be asked about GCT and why they haven't grabbed all of the funding the bigger boys have and implemented the avl, contactless technology etc. It's been sitting there for long enough and allowed the bigger boys the unique position of having it as a marketing tool.
It's not as if the bigger boys have anything unique other than a team of people who have successfully applied for dft funding.
There's a deadline approaching for the Bus Open Data Service (unless it's been changed due to covid). Maybe we will see GCT have the same equipment as others over the next few months?