Huge success for "OnDemand" Bus Service
- Andrew von Dadelszen
- Oct 6, 2024
- 1 min read
We've done it. 20,000 passengers in our "OnDemand" small ev buses in the first six months.
To compare, the previous "Big Bus" 51 route through Pyes Pa figures for the previous six months was only 2118. This is the same area than is now serviced by the "OnDemand" service.
The "OnDemand" service is moving 10 times the number of passengers when compared to what the big buses carried - and the big buses ran 3 big buses and the 12-15 seaters have 4 small buses servicing this route.
The is a huge success - and all credit to the BOP Regional Council Transport staff. They are the ones that operationalised the service. Councillors didn't tell them "how to do it"... we said - "Just do it".
I’ll admit, I was pretty skeptical when they first announced they were scrapping the old bus loops for this. But after using MyWay for a few months, I’m totally sold. It’s a game changer not having to plan my entire day around a rigid timetable. The drivers are absolute legends and the app is actually intuitive. It feels like a much more sensible use of our rates—providing a service that actually meets people where they are.