(11 Oct 2021, 10:14 am)Rob44 wrote I've long said that people just use buses out of necessity. no access to car use the bus. Getting drunk use the bus. Streetdeck fan often says he prefers the bus to car but i believe he is learning to drive. Once hes done this and gets himself a motor he'll think why was i making 2 hour journeys when i can sit here in elegance and do the journey in less then half the time"! I know that was me before I got a car!!
See, I honestly don't believe that would be the case, mainly because I don't see the time I spend on a bus as a 'waste'. While I do spend a lot longer on the bus, that time is usable to get some work done. So, in my eyes, I'm being paid to travel by bus, whereas that 40 or so minutes that I would spend sitting in a car would be 'wasted'.
The other thing is the cost. At the minute, it's considerably cheaper for me to travel by bus (to places I'd want to visit anyway!). Maybe in a year and a half when I can no longer take advantage of the 5-25 tickets, that will change.