(26 Jan 2023, 12:18 pm)Storx wrote Thanks for that wasn't actually aware of that. It'd be much better if they scrapped the zones and you could book a bus to well anywhere in Tees Valley. 

Then again I still think it's the wrong people operating it, it should be sold more as a taxi imo as some form of inbetween mode of transport. I'm surprised one of the taxi firms haven't attempted it yet.

They'd be ideal at night when you have 20 people all travelling towards to Coast at 3am, get one minibus. Get everyone on board for say £3 each, and drop everyone off respectively with the one bus/taxi. It's better than what happens now when you wait an hour as there's no taxis and they're all dead running from the Coast as that's where everyone is going. I'd personally 100% use them. There's already enough buses lingering around like the W1, W2, K2, 335 etc which could instantly be moved to it or in the case for Teesside the Tees Flex buses.

I'm not saying it wouldn't work, but how would you then ensure that a big chunk of the buses weren't all in one area and the subsequent fuel costs increased as a result? 

What's interesting about Teesflex, is that some people are using it over a commercial bus. 
I was using it from Guisborough recently and a couple boarded it to Skelton. They got off a few mins walk from where the 5 would have dropped them, but saved a few quid in the process (even more if they had a return ticket).

I'm also aware of a friend of Mrs C using it over an 81.

We've used it as a group of 4, over an X3/X4 too. 

That's one of my issues with it. In that it can be used as an alternative in some situations and I'm not sure that's what it's been designed for.