Published on 12, July, 2020
A lot of things would be better if people knew they could use public transport when they needed it at a convenient price. Not everyone is able to drive and cars are expensive to run. Economies of scale mean that the more people you put on one vehicle the more cost efficient it is. That isn't to say nobody should own cars, some people need them. However, a lot of people do not need, at least they don't if there was a good public transport system in place. Personally I would create a 24 hour system. It would cost more initially but I think the benefits in the long term would far outweigh those costs and besides if a 24 hour system with regular times was put in place a lot of the money people spend on cars could then be rerouted to funding the public transport system through taxation.
I still remember the socialist Republic of South Yorkshire in the 1970s and 80s.
When I think that the bus fares were frozen from 1974 to 1984 and there was an extensive night bus service at 1am and 4am. The place was a party until Maggie thatchers government destroyed it and the miners.
I knew you'd be "On The Buses" thread. I'm more of a walker, myself. I have a better chance of meeting animals (pure sentience) that way.....and there is less smells and sweat that way?! But I do appreciate that buses are REALLY important to some folk....and I do think they've been properly screwed for about 40 years. It makes me happy that you use them a lot.....I notice...and it helps me appreciate their importance to our society.
I hope you are well Robert.
Kindest regards,
Number
That is a sad note.....so to make it happier......
I knew a bloke who had always wanted to be a bus driver, but had actually became an academic instead. Much later in life, when he had retired (quite early) he decided to become a delivery driver (of one of those really long high vans,) and enjoyed it very greatly because he chose to pretend that he was actually driving a bus. He was a happy man - now sadly dead.
Sometimes, the simple things and the 'daft' things can bring proper happiness....even when you think the 'moment' and 'opportunity' has passed you by?! I count on this !!!
Number said:I knew you'd be "On The Buses" thread. I'm more of a walker, myself.
I have the whole "On The Buses" TV series plus the three spin of movies on DVD. I am also a walker, but I need buses to get me to good walking locations.
On a sad note, one of my cousins committed suicide, soon after leaving school in the mid 1970s, because he was turned down for a job as a bus driver.