(15 Aug 2022, 10:01 am)MurdnunoC wrote No. I'd argue a higher frequency does not make more people want to use a bus. Why would it? If you're using your car to get to work then you're probably going to continue to use your car as it offers more utility than the bus. The only way that might change is if public transport was either cheap or free; then that might convince people to leave the car at home and accept a longer, less convenient journey.

In the example you've provided, you're friend, presumably a bus user, decided to use car because the frequency of their was reduced from, I'm guessing every ten minutes to every fifteen minutes? Now, I don't know the particulars of your friend, but why were they using the bus to begin with? Did they have already have a car? Have they recently passed their driving test? Ditching the bus because the frequency has been reduced from six (or five, if every twelve minutes) to four buses an hour seems a little bit whimsical as having a bus every fifteen minutes is still a decent frequency, in my opinion. Reading between the lines, there seems to be more which has influenced their decision to take the car instead.

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They were using the bus because it was quite often every 10 mins, so they could basically turn up and go, however now its every 15 mins, the 20's when they were using them were constantly late, it wasn't so bad if the 20 was late cos there would be another one in 10 mins, but you you have to wait 30 mins, they did have a license the reduction pushed them to get a car. I do agree every 15 mins is a decent frequency but for other service its a reduction the 20 went from 6>4 buses per hour in 2 years that's a 90 seat reduction a 15 min frequency is only good if your route has been like that forever e.g 61. I'm pretty sure I saw people complain that the X1 was being reduced to every 15 mins people were complaining of the frequency

For me its about the convenience of bus the frequency, price and length, for me no service should be any less than every 30 mins Monday-Sat Daytime and they must have an evening/sunday service.