On the other hand, the on-demand operation on the northern beaches,
operated by KD, is successful enough to be now permanent.

https://nsw.keoride.com.au/

Perhaps having a customer base that can afford to pay the extra premium is
one of the keys to it.

Tony P

On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 08:58:19 UTC+10 TP wrote:

> 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 ?

>>

>> 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.

>>

>>

>>