(22 Aug 2021, 10:34 am)Adrian wrote Or don't want toIt's important that the choice remains there, which is why I was pleased when paper timetables were introduced, after seemingly being abandoned some 18 months previous.
It's a shame if multiple copies are being picked up by enthusiasts, with no other purpose than to make a profit on eBay, but I guess the only way to stop that is if GNE themselves were to list them at the cost of postage only. It'd sharp put the timetable bandits out of business.
I did however notice that some buses I used on the first run of the day had none of these booklets either. I'd suggest that they're not being stocked en-mass on buses, because there's really no practical place to put them. They're too big for the standard timetable holders, and if they are put anywhere else, they'll most likely end up on the floor. Probably why the copy I found was chucked between the bin and the window on a Versa.
Due to their size, they should be getting placed in the Metro newspaper box (as what GNE did with the A4 printed emergency timetable booklets provided throughout the pandemic). I wonder if in some of your experiences, newspapers have gone in on top of the booklets, rather than placed back on the top? On buses which don't have a Metro newspaper box (i.e. Optare Solo), they should be on the front bulkhead near the driver.