tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post925567207646252150..comments2024-03-28T18:54:00.518+00:00Comments on Plymothian Transit: The free bus pass explaineddidbygrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01858408719372985035noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-79004589975081774522011-02-24T10:30:01.912+00:002011-02-24T10:30:01.912+00:00Surely if pensioners were paid enough in their pen...Surely if pensioners were paid enough in their pension, to buy their own bread when and how they wanted, there would not be a problem to begin with!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-25103381775253461122011-01-07T18:47:16.175+00:002011-01-07T18:47:16.175+00:00Well unless there is some untruth’s being told, my...Well unless there is some untruth’s being told, my understanding is that this "fictitious scenario" was the basis for First's reason why the Plymouth to Wembury bus service was no longer commercially viable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-58000306254746805712011-01-07T16:30:10.306+00:002011-01-07T16:30:10.306+00:00The major difference of course between bread and b...The major difference of course between bread and bus services, is that to produce 200 loaves of bread rather than 100, a bakery will incur many additional variable costs (extra ingredients, labour, electricity, etc.) - so a free bread scheme based on keeping total revenue the same as it would have been without the scheme would clearly be unreasonable, as costs would rise substantially. Whereas for a bus operator, the additional cost incurred in allowing extra free passholders to occupy seats that would otherwise be empty is virtually nil.<br /><br />So the analogy really isn't a valid one.<br /><br />That said, I don't deny that the rather crude and broad-brush implementation of the current scheme is short-changing certain operators and jeopardising certain routes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-55091090663578749642011-01-07T09:55:13.872+00:002011-01-07T09:55:13.872+00:00It's a good analogy, the one big difference be...It's a good analogy, the one big difference being that most shops (not so bakeries) sell a lot of other lines which are not given away free by law. Bus companies don't have that product mix offset losses on the sale of bread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11828686.post-81015236595020196972011-01-07T08:46:20.932+00:002011-01-07T08:46:20.932+00:00North Somerset Coaches is quite right. When the go...North Somerset Coaches is quite right. When the government starts to run out of money (shurely shome mishtake), it unilaterally decreases the amount the baker is paid for baking the bread, regardless of his costs. And then what will happen is that the shop will shut, and pensioners won't be able to get any bread at all. A well intentioned policy appallingly implemented. Contact your council and ask them how much less they intend to pay for concessionary travel, and what they think the bus companies will then do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com