I think people often perceive driving to be more expensive than public transport.
Up until 6 weeks ago I did catch the bus to work. My journey is about 8 miles one way plus I have to negotiate a ferry ride across a river (oh the wonders of living in Cornwall and working in Devon
). I was paying over £50 per month for a bus service which was always late or didn't turn up at all. When the bus did arrive it was very old (from the 1970s - and no, I'm not kidding) and often broke down.
Now I bring my car to work. I put less than £30 of fuel in last month and have always been on time. No way would I go back to public transport!
And no, I have not bought petrol since last week and won't buy any this week.
that will be FIrst then with those Birtol VR (there where scrap but brought back becuase ALL the NEW shinny buses um coun'd handol the route so there back. but hopful not for long the route you on m by any is it a 80.. number around that?
unforuntly this the promblem, with your bad exspence on PT poeple don't travel on it, and you make other poeple not wanting to travel on it, which is causing the cirlce of loessing PT.
bus travel, is getting better, not as fast, but it is getting thier, Ask First about your route, demand why teh new buese still can't run on it, unforuntly more poeple need to take teh bus where I live you can around the whoel town £7 - week hoispatl, leisure park, work. &16 - Whole FIFE. PLEASE don't give up on Pulbic transport unforunlty you have to put up with FIRST ( thier REALLY have probloms I can can give you a whole list if you want.
In reposne to Loulou: No £1 a little is not to too much as if poele don't use some much cloogging up the road with 4x4 / gas graser and siting in ques doing nothing then it would last longer, like a france / grecee?
