(27 Mar 2023, 11:35 am)Andreos1 wrote It's the total lack of joined up thinking between TVCA, ANE and to a lesser extent, SNE.

The existing network is there and can be adapted - very easily.
Without even getting Teesflex or this 1 & 2 involved.

If Teesflex (or an equivalent) is needed after the X3/X4/5/28 etc are adapted to meet the needs of the natives and there's no scope for the likes of the Coatham 18, then it's the chance for the Teesflex to step up and fill the gaps.

As it stands, that one bus stop at Asda is going to be as busy as Eldon Square (well not quite, but you get the gist) with a Teesflex Merc two, ANE Temsa and SNE E200 all vying for space.
Whilst Brotton High Street is going to be reminiscent of Stockton High Street in the 1980s and punters in Boosbeck have to toss a coin to see if which bus they fancy down to the Co-op in Skelton.

Yeah agreed and this might be a controversial option if there's other places like Liverton which end up with no bus service then maybe there's just no demand for a bus service there. Surely giving them some taxi credit would be better; it's not as if they're poor communities - they chose to live there.

As far as I'm aware it never had a bus service and hasn't for the last few decades at least. I can't exactly just build some houses somewhere and then kick off when there's no buses - there never was one.

Heck even if it works on a basis they can book a discounted taxi to Guisborough or Skelton for £3 each way and the council subsidises the rest to the taxi firm, it's cheaper than running buses for the sake of it as we know fine well they won't be using said taxis.

Similar for the hospital if you have a hospital appointment you can get access to a discounted fare as who else needs a bus to a hospital during the middle of the day and from anywhere without a local bus service (or it'll connect to a bus that takes you there). It's surely cheaper and better.

It's similar for a lot of rural communities imo.