(24 Feb 2024, 3:26 pm)tvd wrote A lot of cynicism on here, but at least Simon Clarke has worked with others to get these services off the ground - and hopefully improved upon.  Yes Arriva probably should have been involved or done more, but for various reasons they wont, and rarely do add to their services.
The contract is for a year, not until July.  That would be pointless.
And local people have asked for improved bus services, it does tend to be a priority for those out in the sticks. 

As is always the case, though, ultimately the buses will need people to use them so we shall see.

You've literally just described cynicism though. If there's models in place which say that these services aren't needed and shouldn't exist then it shouldn't exist.

Teesflex is literally the purpose for these type of journeys. If councillors done everything that it's residents asked for then we'd have sports centres and libraries every 500 yards.

None of these journeys serve areas with no bus service at all or an extremely poor service with extremely poor connections ie. you'd have to take a 40 minute trip in a circle to do a 5 minute journey.