(30 Jul 2021, 9:43 am)streetdeckfan wrote To me, the best way to get people to use the bus is to make sure they don't get the car in the first place. The bus shouldn't be the alternative, getting a car should be
As we've argued about, sorry discussed, if you already have a car it doesn't make financial sense to switch to the bus, but if you don't already have the fixed expense of a car (tax, insurance, monthly payments etc.) then the bus can work out considerably cheaper.
Long-term, yes I agree.
Except operators want results in the short and medium term. They can't wait 10/15 years for little Jonny to go from having his first day out with his grandparents on a decker, to using the bus to go to work.
Attracting people from cars and on to public transport is one way of achieving those goals.