Stan Tamudo Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I will never, ever give up the motor and use buses even if they were free. Why would anyone want to share their journey with parents with screaming brats ,annoying people making everyone else listen to their music and smelly people sat next to you. No thanks I sometimes get the bus and never encounter such folk. Most often it's people chatting, reading, tapping their Iphones or just watching the world go by. ---------- Post added 12-04-2014 at 23:10 ---------- I've just checked on Travel South Yorkshire's website. If I had wanted to go to the golf club this morning by bus it would have taken 1 hour 20 minutes from the time I got on the first of 3 buses lugging my clubs to the time I got off the last bus and started walking again. I would need 3 different buses plus an awful lot of leg work and have to go via the centre of Sheffield. If I jump in my car I can do the trip in around 12 minutes. Add to that the time hanging around because the buses don't run when I want them my round of golf would have taken me 4 or 5 hours longer had I used the buses. So once the decision is made that there are trips where I am going to use a car, the decision is made that I need a car. So insurance, tax etc has to be paid. So each additional journey only costs fuel, tyre wear and a bit towards servicing. So driving to the golf club would cost a tiny fraction of the cost of bus travel. Your taking the mickey aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Yes I think it would be worth paying a little extra if free bus travel encourages people to leave their car at home, but parents dropping kids off at school are responsible for much of the early morning congestion, so anything to get kids walking to school would be more beneficial. This. I think more of the congestion is caused by workers commuting & more of those could catch the bus, but schoolkids are a factor too, more kids should walk or catch the bus to school. Maybe not free bus travel, people would use the bus for easy walking distance trips then, but it should be heavily subsidised, maybe 50p for adults & 20p for kids? Make it cheaper to catch the bus into town & back than park your car for an hour. It'd encourage more car owners onto public transport if it was very noticeably cheaper than taking the car. If it cut congestion then maybe it'd save some money on road building/maintenance to offset some of the subsidy. I was a bit young when public transport was privatised, but I remember it working well when it was still public & had cheap fares. London still has publicly owned public transport, maybe that's why the use is higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberleaf808 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I would walk rather than take a bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I would walk rather than take a bus! From Sheffield to Portsmouth? ---------- Post added 12-04-2014 at 23:54 ---------- Ban Chavs from using buses and you'd get a lot more people using them. I don't think price is an issue tbh. You're the issue, why do you hate people so much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberleaf808 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 From Sheffield to Portsmouth? No just buses, Cant stand being next to a bunch of retards farting, coughing in a confined space ,talking etc.... I would rather walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 No just buses, Cant stand being next to a bunch of retards farting, coughing in a confined space ,talking etc.... I would rather walk. That's fine, we know what to do with you then. What about Internet forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberleaf808 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 No only you got that! ...... The rest of the forum didn't .... You need to elaborate!!! so we get it! ---------- Post added 13-04-2014 at 00:07 ---------- It sounded good in your head before you typed it .... But read back what you said.... ? Not a clue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 No only you got that! ...... The rest of the forum didn't .... You need to elaborate!!! so we get it! I'm off to the fart sack, you'll after wait till the morning. Regards Stan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I will never, ever give up the motor and use buses even if they were free. Why would anyone want to share their journey with parents with screaming brats ,annoying people making everyone else listen to their music and smelly people sat next to you. No thanks Some people will though, then there are fewer cars on the roads, so you win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberleaf808 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Stan the man ... Have a good sleep m8 . I wont be up in the morning m8, will catch you on the flip side but later lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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