(04 Mar 2022, 9:48 am)Rob44 wrote Some good points made  it unfortunately for gne she that miffed about yesterday that we are now taking the car to match tomorrow meaning they lose our bus fares ( and pubs lose our business to) and ncp car parks will gain!

And that's where they lose out. Elastic passengers will and can look for alternatives and after a negative experience, it might take a bit of time to actually use the bus again. 

There's that old adage about it costing more to attract new customers than it does to keep existing ones.

As a side note, the folks haven't used the bus since the problems they had (I mentioned it on here) a few months back.
Pensioners who have kept their cars, because they can't rely on public transport nor trust it - despite both of them having passes for free travel.