(Yesterday, 5:16 pm)Storx wrote I know it's a bit of a side topic, but it'd be interesting to see if using bread vans does have an impact.
To an average punter, some people will likely just not use them at all as they're usually used for stuff like hospital transport or whatever and don't look like a real bus.
Thinking Solo vs Strata type comparison here.
I don't think the majority of people care what the vehicle is. If it's got the number on the front clearly enough, they'll know it's their bus and stop it.
I was in Riga a couple of years ago and there were even smaller buses running services and people just hopped on them and went home. I know I get frustrated when Arriva send a Streetlite instead of an E400 because I prefer the E400, but I always bet I'm the only person on the bus thinking that. The rest are just happy it turned up.