(09 Feb 2023, 9:59 pm)streetdeckfan wrote So it's just a case of them not being arsed to allocate compliant vehicles because they can get away with not allocating them?

There aren't enough compliant vehicles available to us (through transfer or repair), hence the use of a very small number of ALX300s at Walkergate and Slatyford. On paper, there are enough compliant buses to meet and exceed PVR, however a lot of vehicles are off the road with defects.

There have been transfers of newer vehicles from Stockton and the incoming vehicles from Scotland, however there's only so much that can be done without impacting service quality at other depots with some very crap ALX300s.

Whilst there are many reasons and solutions, it is just easier to keep them until enough compliant vehicles re-enter service, which could be any time from tomorrow to until those new buses arrive.

At the end of the day, those few vehicles don't impact anybody, especially when it's just a cashcow scheme that will eventually go out of fashion. The priority is to keep people moving, which in the short and long term will negate the impact of the emissions.