| Comment | Ah I get you now. Yes, this is right re. flat fares and tapping off. If you have a flat fare then you don't need to bother tapping off, likely trimming even more dwell time at bus stops as people get off.
Only thing with flat fares is in London the average individual bus journey is relatively short compared to Glasgow. I heard recently in Glasgow the typical bus trip is 3-4x the distance of the typical London trip.
A flat fare would probably require a huge subsidy to work in a Glasgow context. Unless you also did a massive revision of the bus routes. Not to say this is impossible, or not what might come eventually, but it'd take some doing to make it financially viable, even as a government run/funded scheme. |
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