(01 Jun 2022, 6:34 pm)Storx wrote Yeah that's fair.And this is the crux.
I'm surprised there has never been a consultation which asks 4 questions. Where are you from? Do you use the bus? Where do you work? List 5 places where you travel to the most?
It's amazing I've never been asked those questions and not aware of anyone else been asked them either, seem the most obvious questions that companies would need to actually know where people go. I'd happily answer it rather than ticket data which only has existing routes or this consultation which didn't really ask either.
Be interesting around here as I could imagine the answers won't be Northumberland Park, Beacon Hill, Cobalt or North Shields which we keep getting subsidised lately with both the 19 and 58.
Nothing about where people want or need to be.
They're picking up the damage caused by the 2006 changes that removed links and assume that the current network does the job or will do the job with more cut backs and additional subsidy.
(01 Jun 2022, 6:27 pm)Dan wrote But along with the passenger data they already have access to, it provides some consultation responses that the local authority can use when looking at which services ought to be retained - as well as some information on where these people are going, and what the purpose of their journey is.Or, private operators stand on their own two feet and make effective decisions without having to rely on others to dig them out of the financial hole they've helped create.
For example is there need for a direct bus from Pelton Fell to QE Hospital? Or is nobody (or very few) making use of this direct link, and could the subsidy be used to do something slightly different?
I go back to what I’ve said a number of times now - this consultation is more than a tick-box exercise, and is evidence of the operator and local authority working with each other.
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