(02 Sep 2019, 1:02 pm)streetdeckfan wrote
See, I have family both in Gateshead and Bishop who are willing to give me a lift if I need it, so for the most part I don't need to worry about that.
As I pay for my ticket monthly, it works out between £3 and £3.50 per day depending on the month, and to take the car between Bishop and Gateshead would cost about £4 each way in diesel (our car averages 38mpg), so a return journey in the car is more than double what I pay for the bus. So for me it's very much not worth having a car, even if I do have to take the odd taxi.
Plus because I'm young, if I had a car the insurance would be astronomical and would have to drive something like a Fiesta or Corsa, which is far too claustrophobic for me since we've always had big cars.
Plus, another factor for me preferring to get the bus is the fact that I can work on the bus, sure it takes 2 hours instead of 40 minutes, but I can work for those 2 hours instead of 'wasting' the 40 minutes in the car
Some good positives to using the bus but positives in me using my car are door to work. no waiting at bus stops in the rain..... car turning up and being able to get a seat. As for the work you get done on the bus in the time gain using the car i get to do that work .... at work... in a nice warm office with a hot cup of coffee with no swearing, loud music or bloody awful ring tones going off!
Like i said i'm not against the bus but it needs to be substantially cheaper to temp me ( and im a bus fan) onto it. more carrot and less stick.