(09 Jan 2016, 11:41 pm)BusLoverMum wrote "the fare has gone from £1.80 to £2.30."Is it the equivalent of some of our town and city fares?
People should try being up here! For £2.30, I'd probably catch the bus every day!
Either way, as a percentage - the increase is a canny bit
(10 Jan 2016, 10:15 am)JakeSavage wrote 'Martin Abrams, from the Campaign for Better Transport, said: "Across the country, we are seeing a very worrying trend of declining bus usage, a decline which correlates with the huge funding cuts to local authority supported buses we've seen over recent years."'
So, the fall is as much to do with LAs removing supported services/ lowering of CT schemes, etc.
Anyone like to hazard a guess as to how much operation is directly secured in the Teesside/ Hartlepool areas these days?
Or the cuts from central government to private organisations, unwilling to pick up the slack?
There are probably a whole load of reasons, with things like pricing playing a part.
(10 Jan 2016, 10:20 am)tyresmoke wrote Very little in Teesside, Redcar still fund some early morning services eg 746/7/8 and 794.
Some councils operate some services themselves though which were previously ran by other companies... I wonder if these are included in the figures or not?
Hartlepool is basically zero if I remember correctly.
Even if the council run services such as the Redcar & Cleveland ones aren't included - it shouldn't make up that much difference to the overall figures.
Their loads are negligible, compared to the commercially ran services in the area.