Bus services need to more prolific in Tasmania
Posted by: alfielee
29th Apr 2010 04:09pm
Buses need to run more often & throughout the weekend in Tasmania before most people will start to use them regularly. The services are too restricted in their time-slots to be of any real choice with public transport. I live in Cambridge & transport from 16 kms to Hobart is poor at best. I lived in Lauderdale & the service their was far better yet 8 kms further. Weekends, well there is no weekends because the bus services on weekends are a joke & almost non-existent. The Gov't in Tas needs to run these services reliably & consistently.
mpz28427
- 15th Jul 2010 06:34pm
as being in the bus industry for nearly 20 years (in victoria) and it's the same every where, we do all runs under a contract base, and if numbers don't match the costs of that run they cut them back, if you think you have a case for more runs you will need to go to your local goverment and tell them what you need, but that will also mean bums on seats, if they do extend hours then ppl must use it or it will get cut back, they can't run a service for half a dozen ppl, and bus company's can't do it for nothing, we have had ppl come to us saying about extended weekend services, we say if you can show the nubers that will use that service and present those numbers to your local member, then and only then will you get the extended runs, but i can also tell you if the numbers don't stay up, they will drop the runs back again.
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