(08 Dec 2020, 1:06 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.movingforwardtogether.uk/late...-recovery/I think that the problem is that during the first COVID lockdown, the Government and the media did a really good job of stirring people into a frenzy, making them think that it is not safe to go outside and it is not safe to use public transport.
The CPT are pushing for more investment of taxpayers money for a 'passenger led recovery'.
If ever there was a contradiction in terms, it's that one.
A passenger led recovery isn't passenger led, if it's funded by the taxpayer.
An operator led recovery would be one I would be in favour of.
Actual ownership and taking responsibility for operating the services they're supposed to and attracting passengers like they're supposed to.
Or am I missing something glaringly obvious here?
Therefore there are a lot of people who still feel scared about using public transport even though the messaging has changed.
These people will not return to using public transport no matter what the operators do, even if the operators offered free travel, so the government needs to get public transport out of the hole that the government created by its messaging (well actually, they need to sort out the whole country and the economy, but as this is a public transport forum, lets not go there).