(13 Feb 2024, 9:38 pm)Storx wrote The 56 one is the most baffling one to me, surely there's not people about who think well I'm not using the 56 it's only every 15 minutes. Oh hang on, it's now every 12 minutes now I'm definitely using that.

Do people really care about those 3 minutes? I can understand the argument on an hourly service which is unusable pretty much for most people though.

A change in frequency can and does have an impact upon patronage, even one as minor as an increase from 4 buses an hour to 5. Just in the same way that increasing a bus fare by 5-10p also has an impact.

Likewise there would have been a reduction in patronage when the service dropped from every 10 to every 12, then from every 12 to every 15.

Of course, adding 3 PVR is a significant investment, so continued marketing activity is crucial to deliver the growth in patronage required to generate the additional revenue.

I find it truly baffling that the operators and Local Authorities are facing criticism for improvements being made to the network. The comments about using the BSIP funding to start from afresh and try something new are completely fair and I don’t disagree (though I can understand reluctance as it will be difficult to prove sustainability), but I really don’t think the criticism for increasing frequencies on their existing network is fair. Hopefully they are sustainable and there is no need for a cliff edge once the funding is no longer available to be spent.


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