Folk: Pls extend the 15 and 300 back to its full route and reinstate the X38
lothian: hmmmm.. thats a good idea, nahhh
Folk: Pls extend the 15 and 300 back to its full route and reinstate the X38
lothian: hmmmm.. thats a good idea, nahhh
I agree - people should choose themselves whether the bus is too full. If people are getting on a full and standing bus then they clearly aren't concerned about the risks involved.
The thing is not allowing people on because the bus is busy then entails all other sorte of problems e.g missing connections, late for work and the typical show up earlier isnt going to work on a cold winters morning for potentially multiple vehicles hence why ive been against Firsts idea of limiting capacity and turning people away
The 30s eastern section is definitely busier however the entire route is busy practically throughout the whole day. Enforcing capacity restrictions again is a bad idea but can see that it would be most effective on a route such as the 30.
Some companies use the ticket machine to check capacity and then the destination changes to bus full itself. Can Lothian not do that?
) - not much you can say to them without causing a fuss.Think it’s a case of folk making a mountain out of a mole hill. Generally buses are not that busy. The odd journey here and there on certain routes may be nearing capacity but that’s usually corridors where multiple services go anyway.
How would the ticket machine know how many people got off the bus? And if it means the driver needs to count off, some buses which are dual door would be even harder to do.
Are drivers meant to challenge people without facemasks? I had a driver tell my friend that he needs proof and that they all drivers are to challenge however 99% of other just let people on without them.Having done almost nothing else with my life recently than drive the 30/2 mask compliance is very good - I can't think of a single instance in the last few weeks where someone hasn't presented some sort of proof of exemption on boarding or put on a mask when I've asked if they've got a face covering with them.
The exception to the rule being the occasional person off to visit their local street pharmacist going two or three stops (hope you catch my meaning - trying to be polite!
Machine counts them on driver counts them off.
Yep. I’ll never understand why people do that. If it means I’ve got peace and quiet upstairs though, then they can carry on doing it for all I care.
Probably the case, as the Findlay Smith tracker shows that 171 - 173 are now at Longstone.
Probably, but this also could mean that as there is more buses passengers are split between more vehicles meaning buses are not as busy.
I have no insight but seems unlikely unless service cuts are on the agenda. I seldom see passengers on these routes.
Yeah, I don't think there even might be a Christmas and New Year service this year due to covid.
I can’t see the Hogmanay services running. The other services maybe, after all a good chunk of passengers are staff at the hospitals and the likes.
Why not? People working for the emergency services will still need to get to work among others. Only change to those festive season timetables will be no hogmanay services
Precisely. There will be a city service. Volunteer drivers are being sought for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day at the moment.
I was thinking that a lot of services wouldn't run because people wouldn't be able to visit others on Christmas.
Yes, although in the past this has indeed been more by luck more than anything else. The councils in Edinburgh and Midlothian decided against subsidising Christmas & New Year buses a few years ago, so they're run on a commercial basis. For Edinburgh there's some history to this stretching back to the Lothian's LRT days but no doubt all water under the bridge now.