(Yesterday, 8:23 pm)Storx wrote Can't imagine there being many staff on the team which have experience on planning routes and timetables on bus networks, if any (hence the no staff, rather than overall). It makes no sense having them as they're role belongs in Nexus doing the tendered work etc and I'm sure they'll talk to the relevant areas if they need some assistance here or there.

You've already said they're doing the plans based on the network in 2024, that's as far as they'll be going right now. It makes zero sense to be planning they need buses from Team Valley to the Metrocentre or whatever.

One of the Mayor's criteria is also to grow mileage, particularly in rural communities, but irrespective of that, they would have had to look at routes, timetables and everything else associated with it. I don't understand the point you're making, because how do you present a franchising scheme assessment, proving that it is financially the right thing to do, without a comprehensive review of everything that is in place now?

Yes, they'll start with the network as things stand (or at a point frozen in time, which I believe is 2024), but they'll have short, mid and long term plans to better the network. It'd be insane for them not to, otherwise how are they going to weigh up the bids for the tenders they put out?

Nexus and NECA are two separate organisations btw, and to my knowledge they don't share staff, other than Tobyn having oversight of Nexus from NECA.