(05 Mar 2015, 7:01 am)Michael wrote It isWithout wishing to get too off-topic - bus operators are in more of a position to be able to change their routes to assist in combatting traffic whereas Nexus/DB aren't.
The new traffic light system at St Mary's, all the traffic lights in the city centre, (i think the whole road near subway needs redoing), and the current works down the beach/Whitburn does not help my service at all.
For example, buses could easily run the Stockton Rd/Burdon Rd loop around by Mowbray Park instead of using Holmeside. It is just as quick (if not quicker), and Holmeside could be pedestrianised. People will moan, though, as the stops outside of Hays Travel are very well used. On the flip side, people moan when their buses turn up in twos and threes or not at all as they've been regulated due to traffic in the City Centre.