Upcoming service changes in Merseyside

[moreton407]

RE: Upcoming service changes in Merseyside
From the Liverpool Echo earlier this month:

Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said: “With the cost of living to continuing to put pressure on families across our region, I want to make sure we’re doing what we can to make travel as accessible, fair, and affordable for everyone".

Accessible and fair,and affordable for everyone: Free Christmas day bus services that are barely used and routes which see no service the rest of the year. No bus services on Boxing day or New Years Day. Merseytravel bus services trundling around carrying fresh air, ie: Moreton Circulars, 129 (Liscard-Frankby). Huge parts of the region that see no evening or sunday bus services. Hydrogen buses that are sitting around gathering dust and rust. New trains that are not exactly reliable on an aging infrastructure. He wants to use money from car drivers paying tunnel fees, borrow money from Government and probable increased local taxes to pay for a bus network under local control and funding a £2 bus fare cap.

How is this accessible, fair and affordable for everyone?