(15 Dec 2024, 12:58 pm)Storx wrote Aye definitely like personally I think tap in tap off should be top priority, if you get that working with some decent weekly and monthly caps then the price of a single becomes pretty irrelevant. Deep down in a way, I'd rather do what the tube does and punish people using the bus once a month to subsidise those who use it regularly.
Right now everything is broken and we're subsidising Peter to go to the pub once a week over someone using the bus to work every day.
If toto was to become a reality, then I'd love to know who was going to pay or contribute towards it.
Can't see the operators willingly fund the whole thing.
And I don't see why the taxpayer needs to provide funding (full or part) for multinational PLC's (yet again).
Regardless, it is only a small (but important) part and won't fix much.
It needs to be part of the bigger fix.
I'd hope NECA were already making plans, analysing data and travel patterns using a wide range of sources.
Wasted time and opportunity if they aren't.