GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

[Mayneway]

RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

(07/08/2016 21:18)motormayhem1 Wrote:  Its annoying as there trying to get people out of there cars and on to public transport but that won't happen if say someone gives the bus a try for a week and out of 5 days the bus doesn't turn up on 2 of them days.
They would soon return back to there car when having to pay for taxis if the last bus don't turn up to get them home.
Im not blaming the local transport authorities as they can only work with what they have but the government need to look at public transport and public services to get people using public transport.

It's a catch 22 situation. Do LA's really want people using subsidied bus services? I think they don't. They see subsidised services as a hindrance and would prefer everything ran commercially but the Transport act provevts bus companies doing this as it insists every commercial bus service must turn a profit and pay for itself.
I won't go into too much detail but where I work a well used evening and Sunday service which connects two towns and a number of large council estates has recently been withdrawn by the LA and replaced with a 'local link' ring and ride style service mon-sat with noting on the Sunday. To use the service you have to be pre-registered so standing at a bus stop with your hand out won't work lol. But how is this apealing to people? I know of several people that used the bus service that won't now use the minibus service because having to prebook isn't always an option.