(24 Aug 2023, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote What's sustainable? A community that travels to work in outlying areas, that's increasing or an operator deciding there's not enough money in it?
There was similar conversation about loss leaders feeding in to the wider network and sustaining the profitability of the core routes.
I'd argue that if it wasn't for those 4 people, there's 4 more cars clogging up and delaying buses on the approach to Glasgow or Edinburgh every single hour of the day.
Multiply that by x number of villages/communities and all of a sudden there's 25 additional cars blocking the road. Every single hour of the day.
Theres all this patter about how 1 bus can take 75 cars off the road.
Aye, it might. If the 75 people in cars, all lived on the main bus route.
Because they don't, then the argument is pointless.
This bus is making a huge difference to those 300 people. That's the key point here.
Spot on. Its funny how we always get on to buses being 'sustainable', but never when it comes to other vital infrastructure.
Imagine if Northern Powergrid decided your village wasn't worth serving, as there's only 100 houses there, or the Police and Fire Services didn't bother, because it wasn't 'commercially viable' to provide a service...
Buses are a lifeline for people, and we really need to stop snickering whilst journey counting.
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