Tees Flex
Tees Flex
(05 Mar 2023, 9:18 am)Unber43 But bus routes can't work everywhere.
You can't just say throw a bus route here every 2 hours it costs money, whereas Tees Flex offers the flexibility for people travelling at all times and don't have to wait 90 mins for another bus.
(05 Mar 2023, 9:18 am)Unber43 But bus routes can't work everywhere.
You can't just say throw a bus route here every 2 hours it costs money, whereas Tees Flex offers the flexibility for people travelling at all times and don't have to wait 90 mins for another bus.
(05 Mar 2023, 9:55 am)Storx This.
I still think they market DRT's wrong. They should advertised as a cheaper taxi rather than a bus. It's pretty much what they are and try to tap into the taxi market which is a shambles lately taking hours etc doing the pensioners who get the bus from Sainsburys to their house etc.
Right now they're in an awkward middle where taxi passengers won't use them as they're a bus and I don't like buses and bus users don't use them as I have to book one and that's not a bus.
(05 Mar 2023, 9:55 am)Storx This.
I still think they market DRT's wrong. They should advertised as a cheaper taxi rather than a bus. It's pretty much what they are and try to tap into the taxi market which is a shambles lately taking hours etc doing the pensioners who get the bus from Sainsburys to their house etc.
Right now they're in an awkward middle where taxi passengers won't use them as they're a bus and I don't like buses and bus users don't use them as I have to book one and that's not a bus.
(05 Mar 2023, 11:44 am)Andreos1 I was getting on a Teesflex fairly recently and overheard a group of 3 college age/part time job aged kids talking about it.maybe...just maybe branding can work
I won't quote them exactly, but they kept seeing the buses - but had no idea how it worked.
I'd argue that those three are probably part of the target audience and not enough is being done to promote the service beyond PR pieces in the local paper (not something these kids are likely to read) and the stand out blue livery.
(05 Mar 2023, 11:44 am)Andreos1 I was getting on a Teesflex fairly recently and overheard a group of 3 college age/part time job aged kids talking about it.maybe...just maybe branding can work
I won't quote them exactly, but they kept seeing the buses - but had no idea how it worked.
I'd argue that those three are probably part of the target audience and not enough is being done to promote the service beyond PR pieces in the local paper (not something these kids are likely to read) and the stand out blue livery.
(05 Mar 2023, 9:18 am)Unber43 But bus routes can't work everywhere.Excellent then I will be one for midnight if it all times then. Seriously it clearly is not working the way Teesflex works is you try book for a certain time and you might get lucky with one near by. A proper bus service you know the bus will be there and can plan round that.
You can't just say throw a bus route here every 2 hours it costs money, whereas Tees Flex offers the flexibility for people travelling at all times and don't have to wait 90 mins for another bus.
(05 Mar 2023, 9:18 am)Unber43 But bus routes can't work everywhere.Excellent then I will be one for midnight if it all times then. Seriously it clearly is not working the way Teesflex works is you try book for a certain time and you might get lucky with one near by. A proper bus service you know the bus will be there and can plan round that.
You can't just say throw a bus route here every 2 hours it costs money, whereas Tees Flex offers the flexibility for people travelling at all times and don't have to wait 90 mins for another bus.
(05 Mar 2023, 7:02 pm)col87 Excellent then I will be one for midnight if it all times then. Seriously it clearly is not working the way Teesflex works is you try book for a certain time and you might get lucky with one near by. A proper bus service you know the bus will be there and can plan round that.I agree, there are pro and cons to both.
(05 Mar 2023, 7:02 pm)col87 Excellent then I will be one for midnight if it all times then. Seriously it clearly is not working the way Teesflex works is you try book for a certain time and you might get lucky with one near by. A proper bus service you know the bus will be there and can plan round that.I agree, there are pro and cons to both.