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Post by wirewiper on Jul 2, 2018 8:22:35 GMT
It's Catch The Bus Week 2018, from 2nd to 8th July. Several operators, councils and transport groups will be staging events and other activities, aimed at publicising the benefits of bus travel. There is also another important message this year, that essential bus services are under threat as never before due to cuts in local government funding. Do you know of any events taking place in your neck of the woods to mark CTBW 2018? The Catch The Bus Week website: catchthebusweek.co.uk/ |
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 2, 2018 8:32:42 GMT
I'll start with a couple: Lincolnshire County Council's "Call Connect" demand-responsive rural bus operation is taking a roadshow around Lincolnshire villages all this week. The tour will include live broadcasts on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, both in the studio and from the road. Today there was a discussion about whether it was possible to live and work ion Lincolnshire and not have a car. Campaign for Better Transport has today launched its new report "Buses in Crisis". bettertransport.org.uk/sites/default/files/research-files/Buses_In_Crisis_2018.pdf Reading Buses has an article about Catch The Bus Week on its website, which includes a competition to win free travel. www.reading-buses.co.uk/catch-bus-week |
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Post by planesandtrains on Jul 2, 2018 10:11:53 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 2, 2018 10:44:33 GMT
London TravelWatch are currently active on Twitter. They will be hosting a "tweetathon" between 12.00 and 13.30 today (Monday 2nd) and are inviting people to tweet with their views about buses in London.
They are also going to be at Uxbridge Bus Station tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd), asking about buses generally and about the local route branding trial in particular.
If you use Twitter you can follow London TravelWatch at @lontravelwatch and there is also a hashtag for Catch The Bus Week generally: #catchthebusweek and #CTBW
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 2, 2018 11:02:47 GMT
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Post by galwhv69 on Jul 2, 2018 16:21:29 GMT
What I am doing for Catch The Bus week? Catching the bus of course! Hopefully this will bring more patronage on the buses which should hopefully lead to more money earnt and less cuts As I completely forgot about the Travelwatch twitter session,was there someone that was actually complaining about cuts apart from snoggle with their long "essay" 😀 |
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 5, 2018 8:21:01 GMT
Jeremy Corbyn played a blinder at Prime Minister's Question Time yesterday (Wednesday 4th July). Briefed by the CBT's report "Buses in Crisis" he made all his six questions about the problems faced by the industry, and by people who were losing the bus services they rely on. Theresa May was lost for answers most of the time, and the mockery from the Conservative benches will have won them few friends.
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 5, 2018 8:23:32 GMT
Today (Thursday 5th July) Roger French, former MD of Brighton & Hove Buses, has taken a critical eye to this year's Catch The Bus Week launch and decided he didn't much like what he saw. busandtrainuser.com/ |
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 6, 2018 8:48:49 GMT
Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Kemptown and the only sitting Green Party MP in Parliament, has issued a short statement about local pollution and initiatives by the local bus companies for CTBW. www.carolinelucas.com/latest/catch-the-bus-week |
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 6, 2018 9:11:38 GMT
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Post by busaholic on Jul 6, 2018 12:29:17 GMT
Today (Thursday 5th July) Roger French, former MD of Brighton & Hove Buses, has taken a critical eye to this year's Catch The Bus Week launch and decided he didn't much like what he saw. busandtrainuser.com/I love Roger French, a man who both knew how to successfully run a bus company and how to communicate with people, including passengers. Now he's showing his writing skills and his ready wit while displaying his intellectual curiosity and independence of thought. Would there were more like him in the transport world now, particularly in London, but they'd probably leave in frustration. |
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Post by sid on Jul 6, 2018 12:56:31 GMT
Today (Thursday 5th July) Roger French, former MD of Brighton & Hove Buses, has taken a critical eye to this year's Catch The Bus Week launch and decided he didn't much like what he saw. busandtrainuser.com/I love Roger French, a man who both knew how to successfully run a bus company and how to communicate with people, including passengers. Now he's showing his writing skills and his ready wit while displaying his intellectual curiosity and independence of thought. Would there were more like him in the transport world now, particularly in London, but they'd probably leave in frustration. I don't know why he had to mention 50 year old Routemasters's in a derisory way, there are about half a dozen in a fleet of thousands and they offer a far more pleasant journey than many modern day buses. He might have been better pondering how to get people out of comfortable air conditioned cars in this weather onto hot, stuffy and in many cases not particularly comfortable buses and I include the Brighton & Hove Scania's that arrived on his watch with opening windows that slam shut every time the bus picks up a bit of speed. |
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Post by vjaska on Jul 6, 2018 14:29:02 GMT
I love Roger French, a man who both knew how to successfully run a bus company and how to communicate with people, including passengers. Now he's showing his writing skills and his ready wit while displaying his intellectual curiosity and independence of thought. Would there were more like him in the transport world now, particularly in London, but they'd probably leave in frustration. I don't know why he had to mention 50 year old Routemasters's in a derisory way, there are about half a dozen in a fleet of thousands and they offer a far more pleasant journey than many modern day buses. He might have been better pondering how to get people out of comfortable air conditioned cars in this weather onto hot, stuffy and in many cases not particularly comfortable buses and I include the Brighton & Hove Scania's that arrived on his watch with opening windows that slam shut every time the bus picks up a bit of speed. I'm not sure it was a derisory mark but merely saying it might be more on point to use a modern bus that would be the vehicle in use to attract people as opposed to a Routemaster which are only found mainly as private hire vehicles. Mr Wright does like Routemasters as demonstrated by the one that ended up in his fleet after its move from Metrobus. The Scania issue you mention is not limited to Brighton & Hove or the Omnicity itself as I've witnessed it happen on a SLE on the 391 before and I suspect it happens elsewhere. |
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Post by Hassaan on Jul 6, 2018 14:57:40 GMT
I don't know why he had to mention 50 year old Routemasters's in a derisory way, there are about half a dozen in a fleet of thousands and they offer a far more pleasant journey than many modern day buses. He might have been better pondering how to get people out of comfortable air conditioned cars in this weather onto hot, stuffy and in many cases not particularly comfortable buses and I include the Brighton & Hove Scania's that arrived on his watch with opening windows that slam shut every time the bus picks up a bit of speed. I'm not sure it was a derisory mark but merely saying it might be more on point to use a modern bus that would be the vehicle in use to attract people as opposed to a Routemaster which are only found mainly as private hire vehicles. Mr Wright does like Routemasters as demonstrated by the one that ended up in his fleet after its move from Metrobus. The Scania issue you mention is not limited to Brighton & Hove or the Omnicity itself as I've witnessed it happen on a SLE on the 391 before and I suspect it happens elsewhere. The RATP VEs, VLEs and SLEs all had that happen  |
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Post by sid on Jul 6, 2018 15:11:46 GMT
I don't know why he had to mention 50 year old Routemasters's in a derisory way, there are about half a dozen in a fleet of thousands and they offer a far more pleasant journey than many modern day buses. He might have been better pondering how to get people out of comfortable air conditioned cars in this weather onto hot, stuffy and in many cases not particularly comfortable buses and I include the Brighton & Hove Scania's that arrived on his watch with opening windows that slam shut every time the bus picks up a bit of speed. I'm not sure it was a derisory mark but merely saying it might be more on point to use a modern bus that would be the vehicle in use to attract people as opposed to a Routemaster which are only found mainly as private hire vehicles. Mr Wright does like Routemasters as demonstrated by the one that ended up in his fleet after its move from Metrobus. The Scania issue you mention is not limited to Brighton & Hove or the Omnicity itself as I've witnessed it happen on a SLE on the 391 before and I suspect it happens elsewhere. Just seemed a strange thing to say given that there are only a handful of Routemasters on the 15H and they are better turned out than the LT's on the main 15 service. I realise self closing windows are a problem on other buses but they have been particularly noticeable on the B&H OmniDekka's, probably due to the poor suspension and the fast running on some B&H routes, and retro fitting sliding windows would solve the problem although the buses are generally on their way out now anyway. I like the £10 go anywhere in Britain ticket idea though. |
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