(24 Sep 2022, 3:20 pm)xpm wrote A lot of the smaller ones got removed when the drivecam system was introduced as they were sited mostly where the drivecam was to be mounted.

on the original subject - at stations doors close 30 seconds before and pulling away 15 seconds later.  The amount of times I’ve been sitting for 5 mins for a last minute rush for people that are not even ready to board that’s made me eventually 5 mins late leaving the bus behind then is late and the cycle continues, then there’s the ‘why you late driver’ questions all the  way along the route (which again adds even more time).

Thinking about it and it would be a cross operator approacg, could the following system not be put in place at major interchanges and stops?

- All tickets to be purchased on app (with all operator unique & multi modal tickets made available)

OR

- Ticket machines with QR code which is scanned on boarding


So currently......a fully loaded decker out of ES or Haymarket can easily take 15 minutes to load and process passengers. All passengers pre-paid when boarding could load a full decker in 5 minutes and in many instances, around 3 minutes. Would save all the costs associated with delays and.....would even encourage app usage to avoid queues at ticket machines.