(02 Jan 2020, 2:47 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://twitter.com/alextransdev/status/...07169?s=19
An interesting thread regarding Sunday services within Harrogate.
(28 Jan 2020, 2:20 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://twitter.com/ChronicleLive/status...78272?s=19And a Stagecoach Hull bus to illustrate it.
Interesting read and interesting comments.
(15 Mar 2020, 8:41 am)BusLoverMum wrote https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-51815726
More than. 1.3 million people live 2km or more from a bus stop with a regular service. This data has been collated for BBC's panorama, tomorrow night at 8:30.
(15 Mar 2020, 9:16 am)Andreos1 wrote I've literally just been reading this.It's quite startling, isn't it? And it's probably not one single issue. The cost will be a factor. People aren't going to pay £7+ return for a food shop when they have a £40 weekly budget and can share a taxi for much less and not have to juggle bags. People aren't going to take a trip out to a bigger town for a nice change when their hourly bus sometimes doesn't show up. People aren't going to take the bus to work when they work shifts and their evening services have been cut. My parents are in the 1.3 million after losing their bus to Hull, so they're not going to catch the bus, either, unless enough other people want to use the dial A bus.
Further in to the article, is a section showing this graph!
Scary stuff.
(25 Apr 2020, 10:00 am)Andreos1 wrote A study carried out by a transport consultancy has found that there will be a significant drop in passenger numbers once this Covid19 stuff is over.Well, in the next year or so, which is realistically how long we have before the end has any chance of being in sight, many people will be finding alternative transport for work, shopping, etc.
No idea on the sample size used (remember that one eezypeazy?), but it will be interesting to see if their results are replicated in real life.
Edit: found the source http://www.passengertransport.co.uk/2020...wer-trips/
(25 Apr 2020, 10:41 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Well, in the next year or so, which is realistically how long we have before the end has any chance of being in sight, many people will be finding alternative transport for work, shopping, etc.
Supermarkets that have initially struggled with delivery capacity will have it well and truly sorted, as will high street retailers with previously half arsed online presence.
A small proportion of people are never leaving the house ever again.
(08 Dec 2020, 1:06 pm)Andreos1 wrote http://www.movingforwardtogether.uk/late...-recovery/I think that the problem is that during the first COVID lockdown, the Government and the media did a really good job of stirring people into a frenzy, making them think that it is not safe to go outside and it is not safe to use public transport.
The CPT are pushing for more investment of taxpayers money for a 'passenger led recovery'.
If ever there was a contradiction in terms, it's that one.
A passenger led recovery isn't passenger led, if it's funded by the taxpayer.
An operator led recovery would be one I would be in favour of.
Actual ownership and taking responsibility for operating the services they're supposed to and attracting passengers like they're supposed to.
Or am I missing something glaringly obvious here?
(08 Dec 2020, 5:33 pm)IRHardy wrote I think that the problem is that during the first COVID lockdown, the Government and the media did a really good job of stirring people into a frenzy, making them think that it is not safe to go outside and it is not safe to use public transport.
Therefore there are a lot of people who still feel scared about using public transport even though the messaging has changed.
These people will not return to using public transport no matter what the operators do, even if the operators offered free travel, so the government needs to get public transport out of the hole that the government created by its messaging (well actually, they need to sort out the whole country and the economy, but as this is a public transport forum, lets not go there).
(09 Dec 2020, 1:03 pm)tvd wrote Boris has plans to ban the sale of new petrol cars within 10 years, as part of his green agenda, and force motorists to buy electric vehicles.
I'm guessing these plans will be quietly forgotten as people realise all the costs and problems associated with this, but if we assume it does happen, it will need levels of public transport investment and subsidies on a level never seen before, as millions of motorists will be unable to afford cars.
Outside of the biggest cities, we'll need massive spending on more bus routes and services, demand responsive transport and so on, if people are going to be able to commute to and from work.
Like I said, Im sure the plans wont happen due to the logistics and costs nightmare, but interesting to think how much extra public transport would be needed for such an event .
(09 Dec 2020, 2:22 pm)tvd wrote Some of the negatives of bus travel even now are that the bus doesn’t go to where people want to go, they’re too infrequent, don’t run on an evening or on a Sunday, have to change buses.. and so on.
If it ever came to be that millions of people couldn’t afford cars, without huge and expensive changes, many people wouldn’t be able to travel to work, particularly in lower paid jobs.
In those circumstances it would be virtually impossible to connect all local towns and villages in any local area with a realistically good enough bus service.
For most parts of the country I would guess a comprehensive local demand responsive transport network would have to be in place, like a bigger and better version of our Tees Flex.
(19 Jul 2021, 5:11 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/...ing-rightsIt wasn't the UN though was it?
When the UN state that privatisation is failing passengers, you know there's something up.
Will try and find the full report.
(24 Jul 2021, 3:01 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...bus-costs/I often wonder why they have stagecoach buses on some of their runs. Can't be the cheapest, surely.
'but, but, but... Priority measures! We need priority measures!'.
Which bus operator will bleat about the increase in traffic around St Leonards first?