It would make life easier if councils can ensure bus operators don't change routes around whenever they please. Sunderland's network is one example where bus routes are changed so much, it is hard to manage to know the timetable, when it changes months later...

Stagecoach have made vast cuts the last few years, and shipped off older MAN's to Sunderland and Shields, therefore making services less reliable and less attractive to use. It would be nice to see if Stagecoach intend to get any newer cast-offs for these two Depots as it will greatly increase reliability on many of the routes they run on.

The E services seem to be neglected at the moment, with a very mixed allocation of MAN200s, Enviro 200s, Enviro 300s, Enviro 400s & Gas Buses. Personally I think 28001 - 28017 would make a good allocation, seeing as 27726 - 27740 regularly end up off the road or on other services, although with Stagecoach everything is mixed at the moment, including opinions on the new livery, lol...