Liverpool Night Buses Christmas 2015

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RE: Liverpool Night Buses Christmas 2015

(18/11/2015 19:16)knutstransport Wrote:  Reasons I can think of off the top of my head:
1. It's cold so people want to be in a vehicle ASAP, especially true of certain females who underdress when going on a night out.
2. People don't want to walk to the bus stop in the dark/after drinking.
3. People don't know the bus exists or don't know the times.
4. People don't want to travel with drunken idiots, even if they are acting like a drunken idiot themselves.

In response:
1. Waiting for or finding a taxi can take a considerable amount of time. My brother has frequently had to get out of his pit and drive into Liverpool to pick his daughter up as there are no taxis to be had. My daughter lives in a continental city where night bus usage is accepted by all.
2. Liverpool city centre, like all cities is well lit and generally safe areas.
3. In the past the promotion of night bus services was woefully inadequate and still is.
4. In my experience, I have had far more threatening bus journeys in broad daylight on a Tuesday afternoon than on night buses. Until we move away from this stereotypical notion that only drunks and deadbeats use night buses, nothing will change.