In message , at 16:50:33 on Mon, 4 Mar
2019, John Williamson remarked:
On 04/03/2019 16:15, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:39:24 on Sat, 2
Mar 2019, John Williamson remarked:
The problem in many villages is that the only buses you see are
either school contract vehicles, which do a run in to town in the
morning and come back out at about 4 pm, or a weekly service, which
is usually on market day, and lets you stay in town for three hours
or so to do your shopping.
I agree that's a problem for all potential bus users, but the size
of the market for such villages is so small (even if the fares were
zero for everyone) that the best solution is a community "dial a ride".
..
Which the council can't or refuse to afford to run either. :-/

They are still going in Cambridgeshire, and someone mentioned a similar
service in Essex the other week. See the thread "TfL demand-responsive
bus trial".

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Roland Perry