(23 Dec 2023, 11:25 am)Andreos1 wrote If certain individuals with a transport background (despite all their experience) got hold of Nexus, I dread to think what would happen!
Just look at what those individuals have done to some of the operators and routes across the region.
Experience counts for nothing when incompetence dominates and influences their decision making.
In fairness would it actually be any worse...? I know we slag GNE off and that but let's be honest I wouldn't be too keen on investing up here if there's threats they're going to be took over every other week either.
What exactly has Nexus achieved in the past decade as I just see stinking failure.
Smartcard of any form - no
Public information website that actually works - no
Real time information at bus stops - no
Real time information on the internet without an app - no
Keeping projects on budget and well ran - no
Good communications on roadworks and issues with the Metro - no
Safe and secure Metro and bus stations - no
Failure to get the plans for the Ferry in time so the funding lapsed - yes
Wasting money on multiple white elephant P&R's - yes
Wasting money on 'art' - yes
Taking longer to refurbish a pedestrian tunnel than it did to build the thing, which still isn't complete - yes
I know they'll blame dom, dick and harry for all this but most the other PTE's have somehow managed to do all of the above under the same restraints, heck places like Manchester etc have had a smart card for over a decade now.
As much as the bus operators have their faults, we know they do, the local PTE really sets them up for failure aswell. We don't even have basics like spider diagrams for all the bus operators nowadays and there's no journey checker which actually works properly, the failings Rob were mentioning the other day about walking for 20 minutes is just ridiculous.
(23 Dec 2023, 11:36 am)ne14ne1 wrote Councillors don’t come up with highways solutions.
And what do councillors have to do with Coast Rd bus services?
Gannon is head of the JCTA or whatever it's called this week and councillors most certainly do control the highways, they approve them or not excluding the A1, A19 and A184/A194(M) in between. It's their budget and they're the ones keep wasting it on awful traffic light schemes which make it worse for everyone. The same schemes that Rome could be built quicker.