The on-demand operations have been essentially a crutch to assist the
bumbling TfNSW bureaucracy while it gets its long-term act together. Unlike
more efficient agencies like PTA WA, TfNSW struggles with bus planning and
it takes a while to get reasonable networks established. (Some of the
better services are actually planned by somebody ex WA!) This was
particularly the case when the NW metro opened and TfNSW set up the most
terribly planned network of feeder routes. This resulted in a lot of
commuters driving to the station car parks which then filled up very early,
leading to much discontent. So there were two on-demand zones covering the
area in order to abate this, one operated by CDC (this news item) and the
other by Busways. They have been very popular during the initial period
after the opening of the metro.

Since then, TfNSW has got its act together and implemented a much better
feeder network and the need for on-demand services has greatly diminished,
the reason that the CDC service is now concluding. No doubt, some in TfNSW
saw it as a clever solution to providing more flexible bus services that
were more finely attuned to the needs of individual commuters, but the
operation costs were naturally very high. Ultimately the cost-benefit is
poor.

Tony P

On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 08:09:10 UTC+10 Matthew Geier wrote:

> On 13/5/22 14:10, Greg Sutherland wrote:

>

> Customers can continue to rely on an expansive public transport network in

> the Norwest.

>

>

> Love the addendum to the cancellation of services notice. We are

> terminating the service, but you can rely on the services provided. Some

> new definition of 'continue to rely on' ?

>

> I guess you can rely on there being no service ?

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> The real result is 'this is costing us too much to continue'. If it was

> working as well as the hype they would a transitioned the existing services

> to a long term contract with out interruption to the end users.

>

> The 'one demand' was a brain explosion from the former minister wasn't

> it?. Had some fantastical idea that instead of timetables you would summon

> a bus via 'an app'. He had a lot of faith in 'apps', that one.

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