Most of these schemes - any schemes - won't even get the 'councillor' stage if they can't get past the 'officer' stage first.
You're probably quite right that it may have been a ruse merely to get more funding, but (and I believe I remember this - about 10-12 years ago, and fell over because it...
The Quality Bus Partnership has been in place for eight years.
http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/Data/Environment%20Committee/20050317/Agenda/$Item%20169%20LTP%20Allocation%202005-06.doc.pdf
Well, maybe not unworkable, but inherently unfair.
My principle point is the fact that the centre of the city is also the edge of the city. You can't circumnavigate the city to the south. You could make King's Road / Marine Parade exempt from the congestion zone, but that will merely push all...
So what does the local authority do to alleviate this, bearing in mind they're not actually allowed to do anything?
Is your beef the fact that there would be better bus and cycle routes - or that B&H Buses holds a near-monopoly on the bus routes; something the local authority can't do anything...
Don't disagree. The season tickets are a reasonable price; the single price isn't.
Said this before, but - even though I've no hard evidence for it - I believe Go-Ahead (B&H Buses' parent company) are milking bus fares in the city because they know they have a large - and growing - audience in...
• The fact that there is a near-monopoly on the bus routes is not down to The Green Party.
• There is a subsidy on some bus routes, but the council over a number of year has had to cut it back due to government cuts on local authorities.
• If you wish to 'vote them out' (you alone can't), that's...