The
President of the Maritime Bus Network is confident he can make a go of
intercity bus service in the region where Acadian had trouble. Mike
Cassidy concedes there are challenges.
He says ridership in New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia used to be in 2005 close to 500,000 passenger
trips where now it's about 250,000 passenger trips.
Cassidy
tells Tide News university students are being asked what kind of service
they would like to have along with promotions, pricing incentives,
changing the schedules and making the transfers more seamless will build
up ridership.