Contracted bus services not tracking
Contracted bus services not tracking
In this day an age, how is it possible that tenders for once a morning workers buses evidently don't specify tracking as a required feature?
Bonkers.
I seriously doubt it has anything to do with lowering the entry cost to a minimum, but I suppose it's at least possible, but it would still be cost effective and simple common sense for Nexus to then provide trackers for the timespan of the tender.
If my observation is just a one off issue, I suppose that's still indicative of public public incompetence, since the unnerving experience of waiting even once for an evidently untrackable bus for such an important journey (my first day at a new job), I searched out alternative (commercially provided!) services for the next day and beyond.
And then going forward, with the employer being sympathetic to the hell of relying on buses to get to work at all these days, with strikes looming, they let me, a person they barely know, use a company vehicle for commuting going forward, since me being late for work for even a half hour, would cost them dear. A level of pragmatism that is practically unheard of in the public sector.
Thereby as it happens, merely adding to the congestion afflicting that very service!
Scrimping pennies to lose pounds.
(15 Oct 2022, 6:12 pm)Starscream In this day an age, how is it possible that tenders for once a morning workers buses evidently don't specify tracking as a required feature?
Bonkers.
I seriously doubt it has anything to do with lowering the entry cost to a minimum, but I suppose it's at least possible, but it would still be cost effective and simple common sense for Nexus to then provide trackers for the timespan of the tender.
If my observation is just a one off issue, I suppose that's still indicative of public public incompetence, since the unnerving experience of waiting even once for an evidently untrackable bus for such an important journey (my first day at a new job), I searched out alternative (commercially provided!) services for the next day and beyond.
And then going forward, with the employer being sympathetic to the hell of relying on buses to get to work at all these days, with strikes looming, they let me, a person they barely know, use a company vehicle for commuting going forward, since me being late for work for even a half hour, would cost them dear. A level of pragmatism that is practically unheard of in the public sector.
Thereby as it happens, merely adding to the congestion afflicting that very service!
Scrimping pennies to lose pounds.
(15 Oct 2022, 6:12 pm)Starscream In this day an age, how is it possible that tenders for once a morning workers buses evidently don't specify tracking as a required feature?
Bonkers.
I seriously doubt it has anything to do with lowering the entry cost to a minimum, but I suppose it's at least possible, but it would still be cost effective and simple common sense for Nexus to then provide trackers for the timespan of the tender.
If my observation is just a one off issue, I suppose that's still indicative of public public incompetence, since the unnerving experience of waiting even once for an evidently untrackable bus for such an important journey (my first day at a new job), I searched out alternative (commercially provided!) services for the next day and beyond.
And then going forward, with the employer being sympathetic to the hell of relying on buses to get to work at all these days, with strikes looming, they let me, a person they barely know, use a company vehicle for commuting going forward, since me being late for work for even a half hour, would cost them dear. A level of pragmatism that is practically unheard of in the public sector.
Thereby as it happens, merely adding to the congestion afflicting that very service!
Scrimping pennies to lose pounds.
(15 Oct 2022, 6:12 pm)Starscream In this day an age, how is it possible that tenders for once a morning workers buses evidently don't specify tracking as a required feature?
Bonkers.
I seriously doubt it has anything to do with lowering the entry cost to a minimum, but I suppose it's at least possible, but it would still be cost effective and simple common sense for Nexus to then provide trackers for the timespan of the tender.
If my observation is just a one off issue, I suppose that's still indicative of public public incompetence, since the unnerving experience of waiting even once for an evidently untrackable bus for such an important journey (my first day at a new job), I searched out alternative (commercially provided!) services for the next day and beyond.
And then going forward, with the employer being sympathetic to the hell of relying on buses to get to work at all these days, with strikes looming, they let me, a person they barely know, use a company vehicle for commuting going forward, since me being late for work for even a half hour, would cost them dear. A level of pragmatism that is practically unheard of in the public sector.
Thereby as it happens, merely adding to the congestion afflicting that very service!
Scrimping pennies to lose pounds.
(15 Oct 2022, 6:12 pm)Starscream In this day an age, how is it possible that tenders for once a morning workers buses evidently don't specify tracking as a required feature?
Bonkers.
I seriously doubt it has anything to do with lowering the entry cost to a minimum, but I suppose it's at least possible, but it would still be cost effective and simple common sense for Nexus to then provide trackers for the timespan of the tender.
If my observation is just a one off issue, I suppose that's still indicative of public public incompetence, since the unnerving experience of waiting even once for an evidently untrackable bus for such an important journey (my first day at a new job), I searched out alternative (commercially provided!) services for the next day and beyond.
And then going forward, with the employer being sympathetic to the hell of relying on buses to get to work at all these days, with strikes looming, they let me, a person they barely know, use a company vehicle for commuting going forward, since me being late for work for even a half hour, would cost them dear. A level of pragmatism that is practically unheard of in the public sector.
Thereby as it happens, merely adding to the congestion afflicting that very service!
Scrimping pennies to lose pounds.
(15 Oct 2022, 6:57 pm)Clifton Hignett III You do realise that the use of a company vehicle, including for commuting purposes, is a taxable benefit.Nope.
I hope you've declared this with HMRC
https://www.gov.uk/tax-company-benefits/...mpany-cars
(15 Oct 2022, 6:57 pm)Clifton Hignett III You do realise that the use of a company vehicle, including for commuting purposes, is a taxable benefit.Nope.
I hope you've declared this with HMRC
https://www.gov.uk/tax-company-benefits/...mpany-cars
(15 Oct 2022, 6:53 pm)Dan All Nexus tenders specify that bidders must comply with BODS - this includes the ability to track the services.I understand that the Traffic Commissioner is taking a great interest in operators who aren’t complying with BODS - data, tracking and fares.
If the operator is not complying then you should raise this with Nexus.
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(15 Oct 2022, 6:53 pm)Dan All Nexus tenders specify that bidders must comply with BODS - this includes the ability to track the services.I understand that the Traffic Commissioner is taking a great interest in operators who aren’t complying with BODS - data, tracking and fares.
If the operator is not complying then you should raise this with Nexus.
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(16 Oct 2022, 8:46 pm)busmanT I understand that the Traffic Commissioner is taking a great interest in operators who aren’t complying with BODS - data, tracking and fares.
Perhaps you should report the operator to them.
(16 Oct 2022, 8:46 pm)busmanT I understand that the Traffic Commissioner is taking a great interest in operators who aren’t complying with BODS - data, tracking and fares.
Perhaps you should report the operator to them.
The logical next question being, why isn't Nexus proactively monitoring whether contracted bus services are running, the logical means of doing so being the tracker.
To be fair, if it isn't tracking, then the service is probably not running.
(16 Oct 2022, 10:23 pm)Starscream The logical next question being, why isn't Nexus proactively monitoring whether contracted bus services are running, the logical means of doing so being the tracker.
(16 Oct 2022, 10:23 pm)Starscream The logical next question being, why isn't Nexus proactively monitoring whether contracted bus services are running, the logical means of doing so being the tracker.
Are there any requirements about ticket machines for contracts, not all of GCT's vehicles can take contactless payment.
