(5 hours ago)F114TML wrote Currectly the area sees 3bph in each direction, with through travel allowed at Pennywell on through trips.
The issue is Midmoor Road, which presents many operational difficulties due to inconsiderate parking.
I think Storx's idea wouldn't work, the Chester Road issue mainly affects the X24 since it goes the length of Chester Road, and Fordfield Road completely loses its link to Pallion Shops unless you walk, which is a popular journey (mind so does what's being proposed but this is more severe than Sc's proposal). Edit: it also loses links to the school at the terminus.
Option 2 seems to be how they run it on a Sunday, with buses turning back at Pennywell.
Yeah fair point on the school, I knew there'd be something in there I'd miss.
It just seems idiotic to keep cutting frequencies of a service, which obviously isn't working and hoping that something might change magically. Every 20 minutes, to every 30 minutes is a nasty hit aswell, the sort of hit that if I lived to the South of Fordfield Road I'd be walking the extra 5 minutes for the 20 instead and if I lived at the North side of Pallion I'd be doing the walk to the 12 minute Metro. The former making the 10 kinda redundant.
Surely you'd want to try something different, at least, even if it doesn't pay off? This just seems like managed decline imo.