(06 Apr 2018, 7:19 am)RobinHood wrote Same here.
How many people need to sign up for a journey to actually run? Can't see anywhere locally in Teesside that either isn't already served by bus (in which case, what's the point?) or is likely to see a modal shift to make this worthwhile.
I can however, perhaps see some use for day trips to Flamingo Land or Lightwater Valley for example, people can suggest dates and others will agree to tag along basically, but as a regular journey option - unlikely, except in the case of schools or colleges.
I know the biggest colleges in the area already have network wide agreements with operators, Stage carriage included, highly doubt they will move away from that flexibility.
Other than that, don't expect Stagecoach or Arriva to be concerned, besides a few school journeys, certainly hasn't set the world on fire at Transdev.
Same here as well! So there's at least three of us!