On 27 Jan, 22:49, "Lew 1" wrote:
People will tollerate public transport (reliabilty and cost issues
aside) in the form of trains and planes. They dont use buses. Buses
are a distress purchase, the kind of clientelle they attract are
either old or scum, even compared to things like the NLL or Watford DC
line.

Without agreeing with what you've said, I actually agree with... erm... what
you say.

Buses are very often the most convenient way of getting around, and a lot of
the traditional limitations of buses are slowly being fixed. However, the
public perception of them is trash - and you are quite right that the
general public won't get out of their cars for buses, where they might for
trains, planes and monorails (I Wish!).

Car-loving people use buses (station or car park to terminal, and
terminal to gate) at airports, though - the key is making it free
(i.e. included in the cost of the main ticket - here, free to train/
tube users), regular, clean and new. Not looking like a 'normal bus'
probably helps too...

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org