(11 Jun 2023, 10:28 pm)Countydurhambuses wrote Demand responsive transport has been working in quite a few areas, tees flex in the north east always seems to be about so with the plans to create a north east combined authority do you think we could ever get a regionwide DRT? Likely it would only work if most companies accept to receive funding to run a combined DRT network for local areas but it could be better than the current funding of under used buses in the area while still giving smaller towns and villages transport options. The problem with a lot of areas here especially the west of county durham and northumberland is that the population density is very low these small communities could easily be connected to bigger towns with DRT allowing them to access the wider bus network.

The answer to that would I think be no.  Tees flex has hardly been a success and is really just an expensive vanity project. They haven’t really worked in the past when tried either.