It's now been over 3 months since I last used the bus and if I'm being completely honest, with the current level of service I can't see myself using it again any time soon! Put it this way, in the 3.5 months since I acquired a motor vehicle, I've put over 4k miles on it.
I forgot what it was like being able to meet friends in the evening and be able to get home! Pre-covid this was possible and I did it every week, but since they cut the evening services on the X21 it hasn't been possible.
It's also nice not having to deal with the riffraff of Bishop and Spenny.
If they were to bring back the evening services they cut, maybe I would start using public transport again, but I'm not holding my breath.
RE: Reversing the decline in passenger numbers