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".
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Which the council can't or refuse to afford to run either. :-/

Public transport is an "optional service", which means that when money
is tight, as it has been for a while now, and getting tighter by the
year, councils cut it first, before things like meals on wheels,
community policing and councillors allowances.

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Tciao for Now!

John.