(27 May 2022, 8:18 pm)Storx wrote It's not a consultation, a consultation proposes changes which have reasons behind it. They won't change anything and if they do they never planned to do it in the first place so it's backwards PR. 'GNE looks after passengers after not cutting as many services,' sort of dirty tactic.
You're naive if you think GNE care about any feedback on most of it, asking someone in Portobello whether they agree they will have no bus service soon is like asking a vegetarian what they think of a new butcher shop opening up - an absolute waste of time.
The only reason it's there is when the cuts happen they can push the buck to the council for anything that does get cut because they wouldn't support them as nothing is ever GNE's fault. It's no surprise Nexus and the councils have been very quiet about it and I hope they get a backbone and fight back and throw the bad PR back to where it should be.
You’re deluded if you truly believe there hasn’t been extensive discussions between Go North East and the local authorities about these proposed changes.
The reason they are keeping quiet is because they cannot yet ascertain what kind of service provision will be maintained - what can be captured within their budget and if they need to make some savings on their existing contracted bus network to pay for something else.
I’d hazard a guess that the local authorities are not too disheartened by the fact they finally have an opportunity to review poor-performing contracted bus services which carry very few passengers, which offers very little value to taxpayers.
I’m looking forward to you making these same comments about Arriva and Stagecoach when their cuts come later this year.
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