| Comment | Yep fair point, I thought someone might mention this. I skirted over the Tripper card (£5 all day ticket across all buses in Glasgow). It's a decent patch, or it would be if it were better publicised.
But it's only a very very small patch. There's no equivalent to a proper multi-modal (bus/train/subway) all day or single ticket as is common in most continental European cities, especially in cities of a comparable size to Glasgow.
The underlying issue is that the system we have offers extremely limited flexibility and value for travellers. A Tripper card, or something like this, is useful for people who plan well ahead, and maybe know they'll make use of it. It is only buses though.
The city's transport network needs to be there for people to use almost on a whim. Be it for tourism, or getting to a job interview on the opposite side of the city, you shouldn't have to apply 3 weeks in advance for a card, which you then have to top up, and remember along with your Subway and Scotrail cards.
We need an affordable and importantly accessible system that is effectively tun up and go. Relying on the goodwill of private operators participating on a voluntary basis won't get us there alone. GCC and SPT need more powers to create a proper integrated system, across all modes, and for all journey types. |
|---|