Elected community representatives have called on a council serving England’s largest county to press on with finding innovative solutions to improve public transport access
don’t want to go on public transport or bus, they’ve got cars nowadays. They are quite happy to sit in their own little steel cage by themselves going to work and listening to the radio.
“Most residents who don’t use these public service buses, and don’t have any inclination to, would be quite horrified by the cost per journey that this has incurred.” However, other councillors argued the reason behind residents’ reliance on cars was due to the lack of a sufficiently frequent and direct bus service.
Referring to the trial, executive member for culture and housing, Councillor Simon Myers, said: “It’s regrettable it hasn’t worked, but somehow we have to change people’s attitudes to public transport. How do we encourage the public back to using the services that are there? That’s a real challenge.”
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