(29 Jul 2022, 9:19 pm)Storx wrote https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...s-24615294
Someone on here will like one of the quotes in that (in the paragraph below the 2nd picture). Massive contradictory comment from a bus operator.
South Tyneside councillor Paul Dean raised concerns that consultation on the Go North East cuts had been inadequate, but Mr Gilbert replied the fact that more than 9,000 responses had been received was proof of its scope. The bus chief, who also chairs local bus operators’ association NEBus, said companies were facing “huge challenges” from the cost of living crisis, road congestion caused by rising traffic levels that slows down buses, and staffing shortages.
This paragraph?
I mean aye, there's obviously a reason there's rising traffic levels. Despite the cost of living crisis and rising fuel costs.
Can't quite put my finger on why car usage is increasing though.
Lack of buses perhaps? A network that's not fit for purpose and doesn't take people where they need to be? Titivations not working?
But imagine making all those changes based on a 9000 survey response rate? An entire network decimated and tax payer bailouts propping other parts up - based on 13% of the population of Washington responding...