I hate to bring this up again, but being a responsible citizen, I can't let it pass.
Sitting in front of a bakery at the Avenues end of Cameron Road at 2pm, Tuesday 12th January, a number of us were dazzled by the number of yellow buses travelling each way so decided to count.
In the five minutes that followed we counted eight buses - six empty and two with one passenger each. Say each Bus is a 30-seater, that represents a seat occupancy of less than one per cent.
Am I missing something here?
Doug Morris, Te Puna
5 comments
Empty buses
Posted on 15-01-2021 10:24 | By Bill S
This goes on 7 days a week , always the same poor customer count. I don,t think the actual customers exist.Time the yellow bus experiment was canned
No Doug, ......
Posted on 15-01-2021 20:21 | By groutby
.......you aren't missing something here, it is the way it is it seems, some who have control over your money are telling you to be on a bus...there seems to be an insistance that we WILL use these monoliths under any circumstances...in some cities ( not necessarily in NZ) it works, and some it doesn't. University graduated and 'reorientated' people put into influential local government positions will always know best............usually works out rather expensive and unsuitable from what I can see....
Wow
Posted on 17-01-2021 11:20 | By peanuts9
I'm amazed how these men can see through the tinted windows of most buses. I'm a regular bus user and have never been the only passenger on a bus. More often than not, they are at least half full. Of course the fact that the author was watching at 2pm, end of shift time, may go a long way to explain what he says are empty buses. When will the arrogant, selfish residents of Tauranga realise a thriving public transport system is the sign of a healthy city, that a large % of residents rely on buses, and it is so much better for the environment, not that means anything to most here.
Park and ride
Posted on 20-01-2021 15:26 | By Kayty
If the council built a park and drive area then more people would use the buses. The lack of routes are also the problem, we used have a great bus service when I was a kid. Why does it take two buses to get from Cherrywood to Fraser cove?
That will explain why...........
Posted on 21-01-2021 21:55 | By groutby
...then peanuts9 as to why the buses on which you travel are in your'e opinion well patronised. I can't say I gaze into buses as a habit during my working day, but after 9 they are free for superannuitants as I understand it. Not paying and therefore mot creating revenue for those actually funding the service, still not good is it.....perhaps 'non-men' see things differently?
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