(11 Feb 2015, 4:50 pm)citaro5284 wrote And then when it is put on, nobody uses it.....

At the risk of going off topic - research will have been done, loads (according to Dan) were good when it first started. So the question needs to be asked as to why loads tailed off.

(11 Feb 2015, 6:01 pm)Malarkey wrote I quite regularly use the 8 between Sunderland and Washington due to how quick it gets from A to B compared to the 2/2A, But getting back on topic I personally think Employers across the Region need to be educated on Public Transport, as there bound to have people coming from here there and everywhere for a Job, got to also question whereabouts they are travelling from to get to work.

Organisations such as Valley Links (think that is the name), try and promote alternative modes of transport to the car. Maybe there needs to be more done.

I have been racking my brains and thinking back to when I was in your situation and relying on public transport and I am pretty sure the question was asked, but this was based on working outside normal 9-5 hrs - for instance dealing with deliveries and was aimed at finding out how flexible I could be.
Living half an hour away and relying on a half hourly bus service, would not have given the employer the flexibility they may have needed or wanted at the time.

Of course, I told them about public transport and how the folks could drive and drop me off if needed. Obviously the folks had no idea I had volunteered them for taxi duties, but it gave me the upper hand to those relying on the bus.