(24 Feb 2024, 8:00 pm)Storx wrote 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.
To be fair, the 1 and 2 do serve areas without a commercial service.
But, those areas could quite easily be covered by an ANE service (extended, diverted or new route) OR Teesflex.
I really don't understand the need for the 3rd option.