| Comment | > bus companies carve out territories for themselves and stick to them
GCC (or maybe SPT?, but no the likes of McGills and First) sets the routes and franchises them out. The bus companies don't get to just "carve out the routes". That's why there are some identical routes that more than one bus company serve.
As to your point about certain routes only being serviced by First... Well, it's not First's fault that no other company wishes to compete on that route. Again, it's not a monopoly.
> People don't make their travel decisions based on which company is best, they base it on "Which bus gets me where I want to go fastest"
I guess most people might do this, but when I lived in Easterhouse and needed a bus to/from Dennistoun, I would let the Firstbus go by me and wait for the wee orange SPT one that ran the same route because it was heated and had comfier and cleaner seats. |
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