(30 Jan 2015, 5:42 pm)tyresmoke wrote Something which we've had to deal with multiple times in Stockton over the last few months, upto 5 incidents at present!Couldn't agree more, however operators need to realise that cutting communities off, forcing them into changes to get to school, their GP or hospital - will result in the stories like this, where they will get stick and they will get flack.
People need to realise that streamlining of services is the way forward - 4 hourly variations are harder to market & understand than a 15 min frequency on a single route, and people find them easier to use. Unfortunately what they don't realise is that this means communities effectively get cut off.
Particularly, when profit/competition is the motivating factor in the changes.
(30 Jan 2015, 6:14 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I suppose it would depend on how 'Sunderland' is defined for one - is it the city or the wider area - but, arguably, it seems that Mr Carr enjoys hyperbole just as much as The Chronicle does.Got to take the rough with the smooth.
If the paper can be used as a PR machine or the website used for advertisements, then in a democracy, the operator has to take the flak.
I wonder if number one is in relation to bus routes, vehicles, passenger numbers, profit, satisfaction rates or the size of a bus depot.
It could be anything.