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Post by snowman on Feb 6, 2019 19:22:37 GMT
Customer Service and Operational Performance Committee 13 Feb content.tfl.gov.uk/csopp-20190213-agenda-and-papers.pdfNot read it yet, but there is a Bus Strategy update (starts page 209) Page 82, scheduled buses operating fell to 97.5% in Q3 Page 127 list of forthcoming consultations (includes 8 routes in Harrow, changes to 92 in Ealing, and 440, E3, E10 changes, 492, 428 Crayford and 393 in Kentish Town) Page 231 mentions cutting inner London and also a Barnet area consultation affecting 30 routes Page 234 two electric doubledeck routes 43 & 134, with more to follow Page 236 still considering demand responsive mini buses Weblink not working TfL have renamed it, here is revised link content.tfl.gov.uk/csop-panel-20190213-agenda-and-papers.pdf
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Post by ian on Feb 12, 2019 18:46:46 GMT
Customer Service and Operational Performance Committee 13 Feb content.tfl.gov.uk/csopp-20190213-agenda-and-papers.pdfNot read it yet, but there is a Bus Strategy update (starts page 209) Page 82, scheduled buses operating fell to 97.5% in Q3 Page 127 list of forthcoming consultations (includes 8 routes in Harrow, changes to 92 in Ealing, and 440, E3, E10 changes, 492, 428 Crayford and 393 in Kentish Town) Page 231 mentions cutting inner London and also a Barnet area consultation affecting 30 routes Page 234 two electric doubledeck routes 43 & 134, with more to follow Page 236 still considering demand responsive mini buses Unless I am reading it incorrectly, I think page 231 refers to an existing Barnet consultation outcome announcement (which I presume to be 292/384) followed by up to 7 area studies covering c.30 routes. That is, it is not a borough wide review of Barnet at this stage.
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Post by snowman on Feb 26, 2019 21:16:34 GMT
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Post by snowman on Mar 4, 2019 18:36:15 GMT
Doesn’t look like anyone has linked next Monday’s Finance Committee yet content.tfl.gov.uk/fc-20190311-public.pdfIn the Actions (page 22), TfL models only explain 1% of fall in bus ridership Bus useage down 1.8% on last year (page 45) and 0.7% below budget
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Post by snowman on Mar 6, 2019 18:45:05 GMT
Already have Programmes and Investment Committee and Finance Committee Now papers up for next week’s Audit and Assurance Committee Some agenda items on Crossrail included content.tfl.gov.uk/audit-and-assurance-committee-agenda-papers.pdfPage 34 suggests Old Street Roundabout changes increase bus operating costs £300,000 every year. Interesting as don’t often get to see a figure published for how a road scheme can negatively affect the bus costs.
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Post by snoggle on Mar 20, 2019 12:11:41 GMT
Next week's Board Papers are up. They include the new Budget for 2019/20. content.tfl.gov.uk/board-20190327-agenda-pt1.pdfCuts to the bus network remain as predicted with inner London cut and a tiny uplift in Outer London. The budget document says only zero emission single deckers will be ordered from 2020 which might explain the sudden dash to bring in rather a lot of diesel single deckers this year in some fleets. Subsidy rises to £722m next year. In line with the comments about making the NB4Ls front door boarding only there is this little quote which would support the comments made about this plan. There is also this interesting remark about why demand is falling. No reference to external structural factors (e.g. changing shopping habits, home deliveries etc) just the usual economic one.
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Post by snowman on Mar 20, 2019 13:23:35 GMT
TfL Board Papers
Page 272 Since 2018, all new double-deck buses in our fleet must be either hybrid or zero emission. From 2020, we will go further by only procuring new zero emission single-deck buses. We are also investing in the migration of our analogue bus radio system to a new digital mobile network and developing plans for iBus2 to replace our current bus tracking, performance management and passenger information systems.
Page 273 The operating deficit in buses will increase by £82m in 2019/20, with £38m of this due to lower demand. Overall, operating costs increase by £43m from £2,112m in 2018/19 to £2,155m in 2019/20. Our costs grow by £8m to support new services, as we roll out hybrid and electric buses for the launch of the ULEZ. We estimate contractual inflation will drive a cost increase of £56m. Our bus contracts are uplifted annually for inflation based on a combination of indices, with the largest weighting on national average weekly earnings. Our spend on installing buses with new bespoke exhaust systems to reduce nitrogen oxides and particulate matter will increase by £17m in 2019/20.
While the reduction in revenue, coupled with the inflationary nature of our cost base, results in a financial impact that is difficult to mitigate fully through cost savings, we have identified a number of efficiency targets within our contracting activities. We will also reduce the cost and impact of fare evasion and ticket fraud, so more revenue is available to invest in our services. Our planned savings amount to £37m, offsetting around half of next year's cost increases.
Page 274 The average yield is forecast to increase by one penny in 2018/19, mainly due to the increase in Travelcard prices, which is set by the Government. All TfL fares remain frozen. In 2019/20, the average yield is forecast to be flat, as the impact of the annual Travelcard price increase is expected to be offset by the introduction of a weekly (Monday – Sunday) cap for Oyster cards, bringing them in line with contactless payments.
Overall, bus operating costs are forecast to increase year-on-year owing to the annual contracted price increase within the bus operators’ contracts. This, combined with the decrease in passenger journeys, means that the operating cost per journey is forecast to increase.
In response to changing travel habits, we are reviewing and revising the bus network to best meet London’s needs in the future. We will continue to seek the most efficient and attractive network possible, which will be achieved by prioritising resources where they are most needed.
Page 277 Some Headlines : all 12 LEBZ by end of 19/20 Financial Year (March 2020) 3000+ buses upgraded to euroVI by March 2020 (seems lower than the nearly 5000 originally planned by ULEZ in Oct 2020, perhaps big cuts coming) 700 buses will have Inteligent speed Assistance by next month April 2019
Also appears per the table Page 275 that budgeting on operating 273m Km in 2019-20 (for comparison actual for 2016-17 was 495m Km
Budget for 2019-20 is 2155m journeys (2015-16 actual was 2314m (7% down), revenue unchanged at 66p average per journey, but cost up from 90p (2015-16) to £1.00 in 2019-20 So basically costs up 11% but no extra income
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Post by snoggle on Mar 20, 2019 13:38:56 GMT
TfL Board Papers Also appears per the table Page 275 that budgeting on operating 273m Km in 2019-20 (for comparison actual for 2016-17 was 495m Km Budget for 2019-20 is 2155m journeys (2015-16 actual was 2314m (7% down), revenue unchanged at 66p average per journey, but cost up from 90p (2015-16) to £1.00 in 2019-20 So basically costs up 11% but no extra income 473m kms not 273m kms. This is no change from the Business Plan projection. The Business Plan projection for bus jnys in 2019/20 was 2.144bn so they're actually assuming a small uplift for some reason. Elsewhere in the document there are graphs showing the actual range of possible outcomes per mode plus the budget line they've gone for. As you'd expect there is a fair amount of variation in possible outcomes.
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Post by snowman on May 7, 2019 18:18:46 GMT
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Post by redbus on May 8, 2019 22:56:01 GMT
Next week's Board Papers are up. They include the new Budget for 2019/20. content.tfl.gov.uk/board-20190327-agenda-pt1.pdfCuts to the bus network remain as predicted with inner London cut and a tiny uplift in Outer London. The budget document says only zero emission single deckers will be ordered from 2020 which might explain the sudden dash to bring in rather a lot of diesel single deckers this year in some fleets. Subsidy rises to £722m next year. In line with the comments about making the NB4Ls front door boarding only there is this little quote which would support the comments made about this plan. There is also this interesting remark about why demand is falling. No reference to external structural factors (e.g. changing shopping habits, home deliveries etc) just the usual economic one. Ahhh, but how much is true loss and how much a mirage. For all the B4L freeloaders, how many will actually still get on a bus and pay if they can no longer freeload. They may no longer use the bus!
As for falling demand that is a far more complex subject and I suspect some of the reasons such extended journey times due to road modifications may be not be politically correct enough to include.
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Post by snowman on May 14, 2019 19:16:17 GMT
TfL Board Papers content.tfl.gov.uk/board-20190522-agenda-and-papers.pdfSome snippets from skim read : Some bus notes on page 48, the other 2 LEBZ by end of 2019 (so probably still 6-7 months away) Page 58, Goblin rail, 60 drivers now trained, testing going to be during operating hours Page 74 made 28k by flogging off the door open buttons from Jubilee Line trains (I guess this made the report because Board needs to know about income ! Page 79 (section 4.7) looks like Crossrail phase 5A (Paddington taking over GW services) is still on for Dec 2019 Page 98, bus journeys down 1.2% on previous year Page 99 Bus cut by 2% on previous year, initial analysis cuts are mainly off-peak Page 104-105 Operating cost per Bus journey risen to 96p, but average fare yield 66p, so lose 30p per journey Page 144 bus journeys down, now suggesting it is income squeeze on those on low incomes
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Post by snoggle on May 14, 2019 20:50:33 GMT
TfL Board Papers content.tfl.gov.uk/board-20190522-agenda-and-papers.pdfSome snippets from skim read : Some bus notes on page 48, the other 2 LEBZ by end of 2019 (so probably still 6-7 months away) Page 58, Goblin rail, 60 drivers now trained, testing going to be during operating hours Page 74 made 28k by flogging off the door open buttons from Jubilee Line trains (I guess this made the report because Board needs to know about income ! Page 79 (section 4.7) looks like Crossrail phase 5A (Paddington taking over GW services) is still on for Dec 2019 Page 98, bus journeys down 1.2% on previous year Page 99 Bus cut by 2% on previous year, initial analysis cuts are mainly off-peak Page 104-105 Operating cost per Bus journey risen to 96p, but average fare yield 66p, so lose 30p per journey Page 144 bus journeys down, now suggesting it is income squeeze on those on low incomes Interesting that TfL have seemingly raked in £26m from Bombardier for delays on the Class 710s. That's a fair wedge of money.
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Post by snoggle on May 14, 2019 21:47:31 GMT
A bus related snippet in the Board Papers update on the Mayor's Transport Strategy. Wonder what joys are going to be inflicted on bus passengers in Wimbledon?
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Post by galwhv69 on May 15, 2019 6:50:54 GMT
A bus related snippet in the Board Papers update on the Mayor's Transport Strategy. Wonder what joys are going to be inflicted on bus passengers in Wimbledon? Ugh,just what I need NOT
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Post by danorak on May 15, 2019 10:46:56 GMT
A bus related snippet in the Board Papers update on the Mayor's Transport Strategy. Wonder what joys are going to be inflicted on bus passengers in Wimbledon? 'Saving significant bus passenger hours' is an interesting phrase. I'm intrigued by what it means. A traditional reading would suggest higher frequencies and more direct services so less time wasted in interchange. This doesn't fit with the current direction of travel.
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