(31 Mar 2022, 11:45 am)ne14ne1 wrote One strong unified integrated network is what a city/large metropolitan area needs.

All these different colours and names just make it confusing and appear fragmented, but it seems to keep the spotters and industry colleagues frothing.

Indeed I read Roger French's recent blog in praise of Transdev Blazefield - he was extolling the virtues of paper timetables (a relic that I don't understand or see the value in attracting younger new passengers with) solid branding with buzzwords (Best Impressions obviously) plants in the bus station, on board recycling and friendly on board graphics as all these fantastic things.

The replies from actual passengers told a story of cancellations, fare rises, poor communication and generally poor relaibility which the writer hasn't responded to.

And that's an interesting point - are all these daft initiatives that French highlighted just naval gazing by bus managers who've been on a course and are told - this is how you do it and you'll win lots of awards in the industry and tick a few boxes - completely ignoring what passengers want or need? Reliable and value driven transport that takes them where they need to be.