Dial-a-Loss

Over the past decade, Dial-a-Ride schemes across Bath and North East Somerset have done extraordinary damage to the bus network. These parasitic "charities" are stealing revenue from tax paying, licenced businesses and we're supposed to think this is a good thing. Take a look at the supported bus network in B&NES. Passenger numbers on less…

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On Infrastructure

A lot is made of the contributions of local government towards the infrastructure of bus services - the bus stops, shelters and raised kerbs are the mainstay of this, but larger schemes such as bus lanes and bus priority fall in to this category too. Over recent years schemes such as Better Bus Areas have…