On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:17:57 -0000
"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote:
For the final time - no one bloody cares! Do you honestly think people
look
around at fellow passengers wondering if they've paid the fare?

It was quite a common comment by many that they assumed that, albeit usually
only stated once they were off the buses.

Hmm , I wonder. And did it stop them using the bus? It seems not.

And are you
seriously suggesting that in each bus there were dozens of fare dodgers
who
would otherwise have walked?? Get real.

Well how do you explain the preference of many very short hoppers around
Stratford and the Romford Road for the bendy 25 over the doubl decker 86? Or

Probably because people prefered getting on a bendy bus instead of struggling
onto a double decker especially if they had shopping or kids or had trouble
walking. If you're not that mobile then getting up the stairs on a moving
bus isn't much fun.

the more bearable loadings on the 25 now it's a double decker?

How many more double deckers compared to bendies are they running on that
route?

W don't know for sure how much fare dodging there was because ticket
inspections in that neck of the woods were so rare.

As I've said, thats an administration issue, its not a fault of the bus
design. With a 17 year high in unemployment they can hardly claim that they
can't find the staff.

B2003