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Is there a bus in Dublin that runs at 5am? Would it be a peak time anyway?
[quote=Bray Head]Is there a bus in Dublin that runs at 5am? Would it be a peak time anyway?[/quote:3dare4tm]
There are some busses that leave at about 05:20.
The intention was €2 for all morning bus fares up to 10:00.
You can be as pedantic as you like about the word "Peak".
Vlad The Impaler was the original stakeholder!
There are good reasons for variable pricing. It spreads passengers between peak and off-peak times. This is a better use of scarce resources, ie, buses and drivers. Under certain conditions it can make user and company better off.
However I doubt that pricing very early morning users higher (ie earlier than 730am) would be terribly efficient. The rare occasion I've been on the bus at that hour it's usually been quite empty and the traffic free-flowing.
Red Cow roundabout is a fifteen minute walk from the village. Also, you can get any of three buses (IIRC) to Bluebell from the village and hop on the Luas there.Wheres the Luas in Clondalkin? Tell me that...Well ye got the luas which has I believe a 30% lower capacity than the buses so tough
Strictly speaking, there's no Luas in Clondalkin. In reality, Clondalkin is serviced by it.
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[quote=Bray Head]There are good reasons for variable pricing. It spreads passengers between peak and off-peak times. This is a better use of scarce resources, ie, buses and drivers. Under certain conditions it can make user and company better off.
However I doubt that pricing very early morning users higher (ie earlier than 730am) would be terribly efficient. The rare occasion I've been on the bus at that hour it's usually been quite empty and the traffic free-flowing.[/quote:2fwdjlks]
If the very early morn busses are not very full then then the higher fare is justified to make it worthwhile for Dublin Bus to run them.
The thread is about a simplified flat fare system in case you hadn't noticed.
A proper zonal system should be brought in if flat fares are rejected.
Vlad The Impaler was the original stakeholder!
So you would increase fares when demand is low?
The whole point is that most revenues are raised at peak hours, while costs are pretty much invariant across all hours of service. Variable pricing allows the bus operator to capture more revenues, and hopefully pass them on to passengers in terms of better service.
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