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Post by WH241 on Mar 1, 2024 12:11:32 GMT
I am not sure, people are likely to opt for Friday as an office day now as opposed to a Work from home day as commuting will be cheaper, and as a result may hang about in Central London afterwards too. I can see this being a huge boost to leisure in the area for certain. While the mayor has responsibilities for TfL, he also needs to look out for the London economy as a whole and this will no doubt give it a boost. A huge boost? Saving pennies on a single fare as the return would have most likely been off peak if for leisure. Sorry but this is just a waste of money and all for the election. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Mar 1, 2024 12:13:06 GMT
Most people in my establishment still do and take Mondays at home instead, and it's the same at many other companies too. No one I know does Fridays in the office, most people I know do Monday-Wednesday with the occasional Thursday. But never Fridays, they are too slow and honestly a much better way to start the weekend a day early. But the people this is aimed at are most likely to go into London anyway, if they get in for cheaper it entices them which is the entire point. |
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Post by southlondon413 on Mar 1, 2024 12:15:38 GMT
No one I know does Fridays in the office, most people I know do Monday-Wednesday with the occasional Thursday. But never Fridays, they are too slow and honestly a much better way to start the weekend a day early. But the people this is aimed at are most likely to go into London anyway, if they get in for cheaper it entices them which is the entire point. So if they are going in anyway what is the point? I can’t see someone currently not going in on Fridays changing their entire schedule to have it focused on Fridays because they gonna save pennies. |
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Post by WH241 on Mar 1, 2024 12:17:17 GMT
But the people this is aimed at are most likely to go into London anyway, if they get in for cheaper it entices them which is the entire point. So if they are going in anyway what is the point? I can’t see someone currently not going in on Fridays changing their entire schedule to have it focused on Fridays because they gonna save pennies. A whole 60p on a zone 1 to 3 tube journey. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 2, 2024 21:19:48 GMT
I think I've seen somewhere that London travel on Mon-Thu is just over 90% pre-Covid, weekends 100% or a little above, but Fridays just 73%.
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Post by matthieu1221 on Mar 3, 2024 12:23:18 GMT
I think I've seen somewhere that London travel on Mon-Thu is just over 90% pre-Covid, weekends 100% or a little above, but Fridays just 73%. Mondays are doing poorly too compared to pre-COVID. There's an FOI release from a few weeks back with daily station entry/exit numbers and in Central London, Mondays were quite often doing worse at recovery than Fridays. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Oct 3, 2024 22:21:26 GMT
London mayor to call for transport projects cashLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan is set to call on the government to invest in new transport projects costing billions of pounds.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m04dwpn8jo
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Post by yunus on Oct 3, 2024 22:34:47 GMT
London mayor to call for transport projects cashLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan is set to call on the government to invest in new transport projects costing billions of pounds.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m04dwpn8jo I personally hope this new govt provide some decent funding for TFLs projects even if it means more new buses. The short term deals with the previous govt just did not do this city any favours. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Oct 21, 2024 8:29:44 GMT
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Post by busman on Oct 21, 2024 9:07:42 GMT
The business mantra of the day is that “company culture eats strategy for breakfast”. It’s really hard to create a winning company culture when everyone is remote. I think that the great return isn’t going to look like 5 days in the office for most people. A number of employers with large office footprints enforced a return to work policy requiring employees to be present a minimum of 2-3 days a week. Smaller firms are now starting to follow suit. I suspect we will still see some passenger growth each years as the final bastions of WFH full time are shaken out and also the population of London continues to expand. |
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Post by evergreenadam on Oct 21, 2024 13:17:43 GMT
Time for TfL to start looking at ways to actively grow or protect revenue rather than waiting for people to return to the office. There are lots of things that could be done over a range of timescales:
- too many tube ticket gates left open, apparently due to shortage of station staff
- too many adult passengers boarding buses, refusing to pay and facing no sanction and getting a free ride
- take over operation of some of the overland train services and drive passenger revenues through TfL branding, frequency improvements, 24/7 staffing with ticket gates in operation
- reintroduce the free London wide bus map to promote the network
- fit devices to all buses to provide electronic passenger loading data to efficiently manage demand and supply on individual routes
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Post by vjaska on Oct 21, 2024 13:32:19 GMT
Time for TfL to start looking at ways to actively grow or protect revenue rather than waiting for people to return to the office. There are lots of things that could be done over a range of timescales: - too many tube ticket gates left open, apparently due to shortage of station staff - too many adult passengers boarding buses, refusing to pay and facing no sanction and getting a free ride - take over operation of some of the overland train services and drive passenger revenues through TfL branding, frequency improvements, 24/7 staffing with ticket gates in operation - reintroduce the free London wide bus map to promote the network - fit devices to all buses to provide electronic passenger loading data to efficiently manage demand and supply on individual routes Stop cutting frequencies and routes would also help - if you make cuts, don't expect growth of any kind to happen. |
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Post by wirewiper on Oct 21, 2024 13:37:48 GMT
Time for TfL to start looking at ways to actively grow or protect revenue rather than waiting for people to return to the office. There are lots of things that could be done over a range of timescales: - too many tube ticket gates left open, apparently due to shortage of station staff - too many adult passengers boarding buses, refusing to pay and facing no sanction and getting a free ride - take over operation of some of the overland train services and drive passenger revenues through TfL branding, frequency improvements, 24/7 staffing with ticket gates in operation - reintroduce the free London wide bus map to promote the network - fit devices to all buses to provide electronic passenger loading data to efficiently manage demand and supply on individual routes It seems to be the peak traffic that is causing the loss of revenue, as off-peak loadings seem to have recovered to pre-pandemic levels. However it is unrealistic to expect people to give up some level of working-from-home, which they clearly prefer, just for the sake of TfL's coffers! As the biggest shortfalls appear to be Mondays and Fridays, this could even benefit TfL and allow some savings to be made. A slightly reduced level of service during Monday and Friday peaks on busier rail services would hardly be noticed by travellers - however it would free up a modicum of resources which would allow more flexibility with maintenance, servicing and examinations. |
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Post by SILENCED on Oct 21, 2024 14:03:37 GMT
Time for TfL to start looking at ways to actively grow or protect revenue rather than waiting for people to return to the office. There are lots of things that could be done over a range of timescales: - too many tube ticket gates left open, apparently due to shortage of station staff - too many adult passengers boarding buses, refusing to pay and facing no sanction and getting a free ride - take over operation of some of the overland train services and drive passenger revenues through TfL branding, frequency improvements, 24/7 staffing with ticket gates in operation - reintroduce the free London wide bus map to promote the network - fit devices to all buses to provide electronic passenger loading data to efficiently manage demand and supply on individual routes Stop cutting frequencies and routes would also help - if you make cuts, don't expect growth of any kind to happen. Think that is an over simplistic view. If the costs saved exceeds the drop in revenue, that is a good cut financially. If the drop in revenue exceeds the costs saved, then that is a bad cut. |
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Post by VMH2537 on Oct 21, 2024 14:32:11 GMT
Stop cutting frequencies and routes would also help - if you make cuts, don't expect growth of any kind to happen. Think that is an over simplistic view. If the costs saved exceeds the drop in revenue, that is a good cut financially. If the drop in revenue exceeds the costs saved, then that is a bad cut. If you cut any service regardless if it's a loss or good financially, your still going to end up the case of deterring people away from services as we know it. A Londoner can easily notice longer gaps in services and most of the time doesn't have the patience for such. The cuts made to Central and Inner London's enough to say for itself and yet the TfL planners continue to stick their heads in the pit rather actively looking for strategies to improve the network overall. |
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