Manchester bus franchising

[Mayneway]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(05/02/2023 16:33)Mrboo Wrote:  That the Danger of hop type of fares as. So long as you can get on every bus within the hour.
There is no issue with cutting routes as no one is unable to travel. just like the 163 most of the trips can be made with a single change of bus. How many people are not within 1 mile of a bus route? May not be going the way you want it but there are always options once on a network of routes.
I can think of a number of routes that could be removed. As you feed into tram or train not run along side

The capped fares are only in place for 12 months. Again another smoke screen as many assume these fares are the start of franchising. It’s going to be discussed in April/May I believe on whether to extend it, raise capped fares or return to standard fares. Any extension would require central government agreeing to continue subsidising it all.

Again another smoke screen as most people don’t even realise the bus company’s get a subsidy for every capped fare they sell/carry.