Dorset's Bus Network - What would you change?
Residents are being asked to help shape the future of the public transport network in Dorset.
Dorset County Council is consulting with members of the public to find out what their travel priorities are, which will help important decisions to be made about the future of local bus services.
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Dorset's Bus Network - What would you change?
Although the majority of local bus services in Dorset are operated by bus companies on a commercial basis, the county council subsidises many socially necessary bus services through contracts with bus operators.
At the moment, around 11 million individual journeys each year are made by bus in Dorset with about 25% of these being made on these subsidised services.
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Councillor Peter Finney, Cabinet member for highways and transportation, said: "We want as many people as possible to complete our questionnaire about how they use public transport.
"Subsidised bus services cost nearly £3m a year and we want to make sure that this money is being spent supporting as many essential needs as possible, while at the same time providing value for money.
"We are continuing to work with bus operators to encourage them to run as many services as possible without subsidy, where routes are commercially viable."
Questionnaires can be completed online or downloaded from www.dorsetforyou.com/busconsultation, where a list of the subsidised local bus services can also be found.
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3 Comments
by AlexTLF
Sunday, February 24 2013, 11:36AM
“Today I decided to forward my comments to Yellow Buses so filled out a feedback form on their website and got the message "Failed to send your message. Please try later or contact administrator by other way" (Must be linked to the phones)”
by AlexTLF
Sunday, February 24 2013, 10:46AM
“Tried phoning Yellow Buses again yesterday (Saturday) around 14:00 hrs. and again no one available”
by AlexTLF
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 9:40AM
“There should always be someone accessible by phone so they can be contacted when buses don't turn up on time. They could then help with the way forward for passengers in deciding whether or not to continue waiting or to go for another bus, if possible, or make alternative arrangements. e.g. Think about how you would cope if your bus didn't turn up on time especially when that time extends to 20 or 30 minutes.
This has happened to me twice with the Yellow Buses; once at 16:05 hrs. and when I phoned customer services got an automatic message saying no one was available (by the way, this bus didn't turn up at all) and the second time was at 12:15 hrs. when I got the message "leave your number and we'll call you back" which is as bad as 'how long do I wait for this bus?" In this instance the bus turned up 25 minutes late.”