tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post3597446778559202990..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Hit for a Six - Onefatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-70632327269000915042016-06-07T07:47:15.965+01:002016-06-07T07:47:15.965+01:00Tram routes are very useful for the peoples of Par...Tram routes are very useful for the peoples of Paris for a good transport. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MobitSolution.mobitairportparking" rel="nofollow">Mobit Airport Parking</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09163424743915082139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-5934412074871504012016-06-03T08:45:47.143+01:002016-06-03T08:45:47.143+01:00Hang on . . . . haven't we just seen the rural...Hang on . . . . haven't we just seen the rural shoppers services decimated, where they were operated in the main by using school bus resources?<br />Quite right, Clive C . . . I don't see the joined-up thinking either. Talk about death by a thousand cuts!<br />Better to simply "do an Oxfordshire" and pull the plug right out of the wall now. <br />I redrew the Dorset Bus Map following this year's cuts, and I can quite see why they don't want to publish a new version or re-issue the timetable books . . . . there's not much left.<br />I reckon the PVR in Dorset (excluding services from other counties and the Bournemouth/Poole and Weymouth conurbations) is now down to below 25 buses plus school coaches. That includes the commercial routes (X8; X51; X53) but not the 3/4/13 at Wimborne. <br />Gerard Fiennes, in 1966, commented that Dorset were keen to prevent new housing as it would ruin the rural nature of the County, and as a result, they got a poor rail network (no chimneys; no need for trains). They obviously haven't learned the lessons, have they!greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-67300603602256477822016-06-02T08:56:11.532+01:002016-06-02T08:56:11.532+01:00The following is a cut and paste item from the Dor...The following is a cut and paste item from the Dorset Echo. Am I the only one who can't see how these aims come together?;-<br /><br /> Dorset County Council has confirmed it needs to further reduce its transport budget by £1.85m in the next financial year.<br /><br />This includes £1m on public bus routes and £850,000 on school transport. The council’s current budget for these areas is £10m.<br /><br />The announcement came just months after councillors agreed to save £500,000 on rural bus services and decided it would support communities to develop local transport links.<br /><br />The county council is now asking residents to have their say on a range of further proposals, which sees 42 routes under review.<br /><br />The proposals include; prioritising funding on routes that serve the most people and best support Dorset’s economy; opening up more school services to the public; working closely with community transport operators; working with bus companies to use empty school buses for rural ‘in-fill’ services.<br /><br />A consultation will take place between now and Friday, July 22. The council will consider the results and make a decision in September. Any changes would come into effect next summer.<br /><br />Cllr Peter Finney, the council’s Cabinet member for environment, infrastructure and highways, said: “We are looking at the bigger picture and aiming to develop a modern transport network that makes best use of our reducing resources by joining up commercial, public and community services to support our economy and keep people connected.<br /><br />“We can’t afford to keep our current public bus network, which is neither effective nor sustainable with the level of funding reductions we face.<br /><br />“We are keen for the widest possible range of people to have their say by letting us know where and when they travel and how the proposals could affect them.” Clive Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059026405966912480noreply@blogger.com