With a previous post discussing the reasons why Free Buses could be a bad idea, I really loved this article showing some successful case studies. Key point: You gotta fix a whole lot of other...
With a previous post discussing the reasons why Free Buses could be a bad idea, I really loved this article showing some successful case studies. Key point: You gotta fix a whole lot of other things to improve usage beyond just cost.
Also, for those of us looking for more positive news in their life, this is a great website. @DefinitelyNotAFae
If it wasn't so damned expensive to just try it (not just bus fares but all the extra busses and staff to make it work) then I think more cities would try it out. As it stands you'd REALLY have to...
If it wasn't so damned expensive to just try it (not just bus fares but all the extra busses and staff to make it work) then I think more cities would try it out. As it stands you'd REALLY have to commit to a project like that haha.
When you add up all the costs of vehicle ownership --insurance, maintenance, fuel, DEPRECIATION!!-- if half of what us drivers collectively spend on that BS was instead spent on busses then we would have some really solid bus networks.
They kinda glossed over it, but they also revamped the bus network significantly? It seems difficult to discern to what extent the increase in bus ridership was due to not having fares and which...
They kinda glossed over it, but they also revamped the bus network significantly?
In Dunkirk, it took four years — from 2014 to 2018 — for efforts to hit the road. First, authorities publicized the program in the media and on the streets, carried out surveys with residents, simplified and reworked timetables, improved the quality of vehicles, repositioned bus stops and increased the size of the fleet. In 2015, they launched free travel on weekends as a testing period, before rolling out the service seven days a week in September 2018.
“You can’t just make buses free from one day to the next,” says Montagne. “If the service is underused, timetables not well understood, if buses are always late, and you don’t change people’s views of public transit, then it won’t work.”
It seems difficult to discern to what extent the increase in bus ridership was due to not having fares and which was due to the improvements made to the system. The article doesn't really have any evidence one way or the other.
With a previous post discussing the reasons why Free Buses could be a bad idea, I really loved this article showing some successful case studies. Key point: You gotta fix a whole lot of other things to improve usage beyond just cost.
Also, for those of us looking for more positive news in their life, this is a great website. @DefinitelyNotAFae
Appreciate both the ping and the site! Ty
If it wasn't so damned expensive to just try it (not just bus fares but all the extra busses and staff to make it work) then I think more cities would try it out. As it stands you'd REALLY have to commit to a project like that haha.
When you add up all the costs of vehicle ownership --insurance, maintenance, fuel, DEPRECIATION!!-- if half of what us drivers collectively spend on that BS was instead spent on busses then we would have some really solid bus networks.
They kinda glossed over it, but they also revamped the bus network significantly?
It seems difficult to discern to what extent the increase in bus ridership was due to not having fares and which was due to the improvements made to the system. The article doesn't really have any evidence one way or the other.