(28 Nov 2024, 9:57 pm)Storx wrote Don't disagree with the first bit at all but the problem is where's the money going to come from. I know the mayor has some limited funds but it won't get far and this Labour government hasn't really shown they've got much more interest in spending on public transport than the last lot who were in for 14 year. 

I don't want to say it with confidence as it's just stuff i've read from ex staff members on other forums but Nexus sounds like it has a really bad culture which isn't too dissimilar to the Silver Place award winning company in the North East, god only knows how they won that...

Obviously it all depends on who they hire though, I know there's a lot of slating of the local companies but there's some good heads within them and you could build something good from them really - as long as you keep the baggage like Ben Maxfield well away.

We're already spending a fortune on public transport. We just seem to be less critical about it, when it's going into the coffers of private business.

Government funding is always going to be 'up in the air', so to speak, but the funding will be there to deliver this. These are powers that have been devolved to the North East, as they have in other regions, and there needs to be funding to deliver those functions.

(28 Nov 2024, 10:38 pm)Andreos1 wrote You're never going to 'cleanse' any ex-corporates of an ideology or belief just because they're no longer employed by a PLC. 
It's what they've been brought up with on their management graduate degrees and all they've ever known whilst working in the corporate world.

My own thoughts would be to hire someone from a local authority from say Notts or Edinburgh, maybe further afield in Europe.
Someone with understanding of integrated, public sector transport.

In senior leadership roles, I'd completely agree. I think it needs a fresh set of eyes.

As much as people like to pat themselves on the back up here, we haven't seen success relating to public transport for a hell of a long time.