(08 Apr 2022, 10:51 am)ne14ne1 wrote So you’re saying prioritise those rich enough to have a car?
What about the many areas of low income where people cannot afford to buy a car, tax and insure it, fuel it and park it, and therefore have no option but to use public transport. 

Where you getting your figures from too?

Public transport should be prioritised when a larger majority of people use it and when the measures will be well used.

The cost of using public transport often goes beyond that of just ticket prices. Lots of low paid jobs now have 5am starts or midnight finishes, buses don't start for hours after that in some places, regardless of how close they are to major towns and cities. Often this means working less to accommodate bus times, and being paid less or not at all.

Figures were taken from a recent document published, I'm not too sure which one but it was posted somewhere on here a couple of months back.

(08 Apr 2022, 12:03 pm)F114TML wrote For me, I've calculated going to uni today has cost me between £3.47 - £3.81 in petrol (25 mile round trip, and the car says I do 40-44MPG on average), plus £1.30 parking (total approx £4.77 - £5.11).

The bus costs £3.20 return (free travel on the 700s - would've been £4.10 for day ticket if not; don't trust mobile tickets). I only drove because I needed to get to my flat ASAP before going in to uni.

Might not be true in all cases but I'm willing to bet for most it's currently much cheaper to get the bus (provided some people can get their head out their arse and be prepared to change buses/trains). Of course, not the be all and end all - there are obvious problems with driver shortages. We also need to sort out ticketing (or rather, when was the last time you saw the Network One tickets promoted?)

"Simplified range" and in most cases only applicable to one company.

Go North East have some very good prices but of course the region is bigger than just Tyne and Wear where they focus their best offering.