tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post7489449023265994096..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Boosting Buses in Bath - or Not? (1)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-92132751323485814312016-08-16T13:38:59.226+01:002016-08-16T13:38:59.226+01:00I do hope this will be a balanced piece and not ju...I do hope this will be a balanced piece and not just an exercise in knocking First.<br /><br />There are some cuts to some services such as the 4 to Bathampton and the 38 around Keynsham. Also, the 1 is split and there are renumberings to some services so that will attract FBB's ire.<br /><br />By the same token, the U2 is introduced whilst the 15/16 get a brush up with refurbished (albeit quite old) deckers. Somerbus's withdrawing of their 175 is now replaced by a new First service (though probably a defensive measure in all fairness) and the 172-4 getting a makeover too.<br /><br />The U1 is due new fleet (8 new deckers) joining a Bath fleet that has benefitted in the last 4 years with the U1 deckers joining 32 other new vehicles and a now reasonable age profile.<br /><br />I suspect that FBB will also highlight the removal of the circuitous 178/379 Bath-Radstock-Bristol services. From an outsider's perspective, that may seem retrograde. However, as anyone who uses the routes will tell you, the sight of seeing a 178 then a 173 then a 379 in quick succession points to the volatile Bristol traffic destroying any form of headway. A sensible move IMO<br /><br />Let's see what FBB has to say on the matter....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com