(03 Oct 2020, 6:53 pm)Kuyoyo wrote When developers start to design their estates with public transport in mind, then maybe companies will change their minds!

Developers often do make provision for public transport when designing housing or industrial estates. There's a new development on the grounds of Ryhope Hospital that immediately springs to mind which has bus-stops included within the estate and there are plenty of examples where new business parks have provided bus-stops which have hardly ever been used.

I think part of the problem is that housing estates are not designed to be thoroughfares so there is no need to build wide roads, but there are plenty of estates with access roads wide enough accommodate a bus or two. However, there is room for improvement - developers could, for example, provide turning circles which would make housing estates, in particular, more accessible for public transport.