North East BSIP: £804 Million Pound Plan For North East Buses
North East BSIP: £804 Million Pound Plan For North East Buses
(10 Aug 2023, 10:31 pm)mb134 Has it happened at all since you'd mentioned it on here?
I've noticed the GPS on certain vehicles/Ticketer machines seem to be slightly different. On the way home my bus generally stops at a traffic lighted junction just before my stop, and occasionally the reader activates there which allows me to tap off while the bus is stopped there and just walk off the bus once it pulls up to the stop, however most readers don't activate until the bus is pulling up to/at the stop. I'm assuming this is a difference between different ticket machines, but I've not been bothered enough to remember if it's always the same vehicle(s) to confirm it.
(10 Aug 2023, 10:31 pm)mb134 Has it happened at all since you'd mentioned it on here?
I've noticed the GPS on certain vehicles/Ticketer machines seem to be slightly different. On the way home my bus generally stops at a traffic lighted junction just before my stop, and occasionally the reader activates there which allows me to tap off while the bus is stopped there and just walk off the bus once it pulls up to the stop, however most readers don't activate until the bus is pulling up to/at the stop. I'm assuming this is a difference between different ticket machines, but I've not been bothered enough to remember if it's always the same vehicle(s) to confirm it.
(04 Oct 2023, 8:22 pm)Unber43 £2 fare has been extended till December 2024..I think, so what about the £1/day tickets
(04 Oct 2023, 8:22 pm)Unber43 £2 fare has been extended till December 2024..I think, so what about the £1/day tickets
(04 Oct 2023, 9:41 pm)Adrian And the TNE 19 and under day ticket is the £3 ticket.
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(04 Oct 2023, 9:41 pm)Adrian And the TNE 19 and under day ticket is the £3 ticket.
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https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-28692629
Good to see more good use of this money by upgrading traffic lights along Barrack Road and Scotswood Road where there's massive delays to buses every day, hang on... It's very strange that the traffic lights along both these roads are conveniently old though...
Utter joke. Another £6.5m spent on everything but buses. I'm still waiting for one bus infrastructure upgrade, literally anywhere, which isn't a pointless bus station.
(24 Feb 2024, 10:17 am)Storx https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-28692629And they'll take ages to "upgrade" them, then run out of money half way through i bet ya
Good to see more good use of this money by upgrading traffic lights along Barrack Road and Scotswood Road where there's massive delays to buses every day, hang on... It's very strange that the traffic lights along both these roads are conveniently old though...
Utter joke. Another £6.5m spent on everything but buses. I'm still waiting for one bus infrastructure upgrade, literally anywhere, which isn't a pointless bus station.
(24 Feb 2024, 10:17 am)Storx https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-28692629And they'll take ages to "upgrade" them, then run out of money half way through i bet ya
Good to see more good use of this money by upgrading traffic lights along Barrack Road and Scotswood Road where there's massive delays to buses every day, hang on... It's very strange that the traffic lights along both these roads are conveniently old though...
Utter joke. Another £6.5m spent on everything but buses. I'm still waiting for one bus infrastructure upgrade, literally anywhere, which isn't a pointless bus station.
(24 Feb 2024, 10:17 am)Storx https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-28692629
Good to see more good use of this money by upgrading traffic lights along Barrack Road and Scotswood Road where there's massive delays to buses every day, hang on... It's very strange that the traffic lights along both these roads are conveniently old though...
Utter joke. Another £6.5m spent on everything but buses. I'm still waiting for one bus infrastructure upgrade, literally anywhere, which isn't a pointless bus station.
(24 Feb 2024, 10:17 am)Storx https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-28692629
Good to see more good use of this money by upgrading traffic lights along Barrack Road and Scotswood Road where there's massive delays to buses every day, hang on... It's very strange that the traffic lights along both these roads are conveniently old though...
Utter joke. Another £6.5m spent on everything but buses. I'm still waiting for one bus infrastructure upgrade, literally anywhere, which isn't a pointless bus station.
(24 Feb 2024, 5:24 pm)V514DFT And they'll take ages to "upgrade" them, then run out of money half way through i bet ya
(24 Feb 2024, 5:28 pm)deanmachine There's not much point, because when they build bus infrastructure they never give buses any more priority. Gateshead High Street, a new trafflic light for me to wait at, Gateshead Askew Road, another traffic light for me to wait at, Sunderland Southwick Road, a traffic light for me to wait at that doesn't even change after 8pm, Sunderland Bedford Street/John Street, a bunch of traffic lights just slowing buses down with no priority for them.
I could probably go on, but the planners have seemingly no idea where the problems are, and us bus drivers have never been asked where we think the bottlenecks are.
(24 Feb 2024, 5:24 pm)V514DFT And they'll take ages to "upgrade" them, then run out of money half way through i bet ya
(24 Feb 2024, 5:28 pm)deanmachine There's not much point, because when they build bus infrastructure they never give buses any more priority. Gateshead High Street, a new trafflic light for me to wait at, Gateshead Askew Road, another traffic light for me to wait at, Sunderland Southwick Road, a traffic light for me to wait at that doesn't even change after 8pm, Sunderland Bedford Street/John Street, a bunch of traffic lights just slowing buses down with no priority for them.
I could probably go on, but the planners have seemingly no idea where the problems are, and us bus drivers have never been asked where we think the bottlenecks are.
The improvements to Gateshead are much worse,
Heading into town you get caught on before turning onto Askew Road, then held for ages at the Askew junction with wellington street then held again at the Tyne bridge then inevitably the pedestrian crossing is on red.
(13 Mar 2024, 1:27 pm)Andreos1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68543962
Interesting reading.
(13 Mar 2024, 1:27 pm)Andreos1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68543962
Interesting reading.
(13 Mar 2024, 1:27 pm)Andreos1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68543962
Interesting reading.
(13 Mar 2024, 1:27 pm)Andreos1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68543962
Interesting reading.
“Passengers who sat next to someone they didn’t know are significantly less satisfied than those who didn’t.”
Yeah, the industry is never going to keep new customers if that is what it's own customers think. There is no avoiding that one. It's the ultimate reason why a meaningful shift to public transport will simply not happen.
(15 Mar 2024, 10:38 am)DeltaMan “Passengers who sat next to someone they didn’t know are significantly less satisfied than those who didn’t.”
Yeah, the industry is never going to keep new customers if that is what it's own customers think. There is no avoiding that one. It's the ultimate reason why a meaningful shift to public transport will simply not happen.
(15 Mar 2024, 10:38 am)DeltaMan “Passengers who sat next to someone they didn’t know are significantly less satisfied than those who didn’t.”
Yeah, the industry is never going to keep new customers if that is what it's own customers think. There is no avoiding that one. It's the ultimate reason why a meaningful shift to public transport will simply not happen.
Nexus need to spend some cash on the seats at Haymarket, they are in a poor state and the one with red and white tape on with a sticker saying do not sit here on Stand V has been like that for a while now.
(15 Mar 2024, 11:52 am)Adrian I think that one has to be taken in context though. This tends to only ever happen on really busy to crowded buses, and I'd say most of us are naturally more dissatisfied when on one of them. You add to this that when buses are that busy, and aren't express services, they tend to run late as it takes longer for people to board and alight.
I'm not suggesting everyone needs their own private bus or anything like that, but buses aren't the most comfortable mode of transport when busy, especially versus say a train or plane. It's even worst still when you end up with people standing over you.
In my opinion, there's some practical and proactive steps that operators do to try and combat some of this. For a start, better regulation of late running services is key. To give an example, only last week I was in Newcastle, and there was a queue right back through the bus station for the X1. Half an hour's worth of passengers, as both the 18.11 and 18.26 were arriving at the same time. Instead of the late bus taking passengers for Washington only (for example) directly to Washington NIS, then starting back on time from there, we ended up with one bus packed, another with barely any on, bunny hopping each other all the way to the Galleries. The result? Two buses running late, instead of potentially having both running on time.
(15 Mar 2024, 11:52 am)Adrian I think that one has to be taken in context though. This tends to only ever happen on really busy to crowded buses, and I'd say most of us are naturally more dissatisfied when on one of them. You add to this that when buses are that busy, and aren't express services, they tend to run late as it takes longer for people to board and alight.
I'm not suggesting everyone needs their own private bus or anything like that, but buses aren't the most comfortable mode of transport when busy, especially versus say a train or plane. It's even worst still when you end up with people standing over you.
In my opinion, there's some practical and proactive steps that operators do to try and combat some of this. For a start, better regulation of late running services is key. To give an example, only last week I was in Newcastle, and there was a queue right back through the bus station for the X1. Half an hour's worth of passengers, as both the 18.11 and 18.26 were arriving at the same time. Instead of the late bus taking passengers for Washington only (for example) directly to Washington NIS, then starting back on time from there, we ended up with one bus packed, another with barely any on, bunny hopping each other all the way to the Galleries. The result? Two buses running late, instead of potentially having both running on time.
Punters on Radio Newcastle page have their say on the new middle of the night airport service.
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