Re: Melbourne's poor Met service

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

Bus Companies get paid per trip, whether or not any passengers are carried.
It is much easier to steer a half empty bus around suburban backstreets than
to drive one packed to the rafters.

If bus drivers and bus companies were paid per passenger, they would wait
ages to get that full load, and not take off until there was no more room
inside.

Cheers
John Wayman

David Proctor wrote in message <7bkkm9$hu$1@news.mel.aone.net.au>...
>David Johnson wrote in message <36DD42BF.7A5578FE@ozemail.com.au>...
>
>>When they have a complete shut-down North of Hurstville, they run double
>the
>>service South of Hurstville to feed the buses (which leave 2 minutes
before
>the
>>train arrives).
>
>Isn't there an instruction to the drivers to depart just when the first
>passengers are 30m away from the bus door?
>
>DaveP
>
>