(27 Jun 2020, 1:04 am)streetdeckfan wrote I don't get why people get so hung up on the single, or even day ticket prices. Those are only for the occasional user, people who probably have another mode of transport. As soon as you switch over to a weekly or monthly ticket, the prices decrease massively. 

If you're lucky enough to live and work in T&W and want a ticket you can use on everything, that only works out at £3.75 a day with a monthly ticket for all zones, once again, if you use one or two zones, it's even cheaper!

If you only use the bus to commute to work, chances are (pre covid at least) you bought at least a weekly ticket, if not a monthly.  I paid £95 per month for my GNE All Zone, that works out at ~£3.20 a day (assuming you use it every day, which I pretty much did). Even the weekly ticket works out at ~£3.60 a day, or £5 a day if you only use it on the weekdays. If you only use the one zone, that's a lot cheaper.

I fall in to the occasional user category, even though I'm a gricer.
If I was commuting on a daily basis, it might be cheaper over a period, but certainly not quicker than the car. Not easy and not convenient. 
That X21 might be great for you, but the world doesn't revolve around routes to/from Bishop or the lifestyle you lead. Once operators (and maybe even yourself) realise what makes people tick, what drives their use of cars over public transport and why those aspiring to pass their test as soon as possible, do so - then maybe (just maybe), we see a network of services which work and aren't there to suit operational and shareholder needs. 

What gets me on this forum, is that some people seem to live in a bubble or have a perception of public transport which is all good - because it suits their specific needs at that time. Once things change, fares aren't designed to appeal to their needs or they move house - suddenly public transport isn't all good and the current system doesn't work.