(13 Oct 2024, 12:21 am)Ambassador wrote Sir Roger French has been Northstar riding.

Can’t quite work out where the dual door reversed to from the tweet

Tho I do agree, until our infrastructure is entirely compliant, operators shouldn’t be using dual door because they’re available and relatively cheap (and that’s all operators)

It looked like Park Lane to me - reversed back from Stand G to the drop-off area on the “ABC” side of the interchange to allow the wheelchair user to board.

I think we’d all agree with that sentiment. The downside is that our local authorities simply don’t provide enough notice between contract award and commencement to allow more appropriate vehicles to be sourced. Six weeks would be a challenge for most large operators, let alone a new start-up running their first ever contracts.

The upshot, of course, is that there are just five drivers who provide this service. This is something you won’t find at a large operator. They have built up a good rapport with the (relatively few in the grand scheme of things) wheelchair users that travel on the 599, and both the driver and customer know what they need to do in situations such as Park Lane.