AlanHo Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Just a thoughtWe just spent a few days up in Edinburgh - principally to meet some friends I have not seen for 6 years - but secondly to take in a few of the sights.It is a magnificent city with wonderful Georgian buildings - unfortunately blighted by its parliament building which is an architectural monstrosity. Plus the fact that the city centre is in disarray because Princes Street and other streets are closed to traffic whilst work takes place to install a new tram system which will not be completed until 2012.One thing that impressed me was the buses - they are efficient, not crowded and clean. By clean I mean really clean - they must wash them every night - unlike the buses in my home town which are generally grubby - the Lothian buses positively sparkle and are completely devoid of litter and graffiti. If they can get public transport well organised and attractive to use - why can't West Midlands? What is it like in your neck of the woods.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Just a thoughtWe just spent a few days up in Edinburgh - principally to meet some friends I have not seen for 6 years - but secondly to take in a few of the sights.It is a magnificent city with wonderful Georgian buildings - unfortunately blighted by its parliament building which is an architectural monstrosity. Plus the fact that the city centre is in disarray because Princes Street and other streets are closed to traffic whilst work takes place to install a new tram system which will not be completed until 2012.One thing that impressed me was the buses - they are efficient, not crowded and clean. By clean I mean really clean - they must wash them every night - unlike the buses in my home town which are generally grubby - the Lothian buses positively sparkle and are completely devoid of litter and graffiti. If they can get public transport well organised and attractive to use - why can't West Midlands? What is it like in your neck of the woods.....?The few buses in our area are not only dirty, they are mostly old bone shakers. The usage on them is low, so the attitude is that there is no point in upgrading the service. The point is that people do not use them for the very reason mentioned, plus the fact that from where I live, if we want to have a day in Lichfield, have a look around and have some lunch, this is not possible. The last bus back to Burntwood is round about 2 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Our local bus service consists of one old thing that is way past its sell by date (about 1948). It set off from the village up the road and goes up to York in the morning, and comes back in he afternoon, one day per week. It has a lady driver/conductor who looks as though she was "quarried" about the same time as the bus was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 You didn't take a few bricks up to Fred Goodwin's did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 What's a bus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 What's a bus? An ancient motor vehicle with no springs, that appears only VERY occasionaly. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 What's a bus? An ancient motor vehicle with no springs, that appears only VERY occasionaly. :DI see. We don't see many of those around here. There's about four per day, if you blink you miss them. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 just ....dont....get ..me......started ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 just ....dont....get ..me......started !just like the buses then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 What's a bus? An ancient motor vehicle with no springs, that appears only VERY occasionaly. :D I see. We don't see many of those around here. There's about four per day, if you blink you miss them. :D Ditto. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 I do not know what all the fuss is about. We are supposed to be a country with an integrated transport system (Hansard 1958, page 12783)It is so well thought out that it could only have been dreamed up by politicians.There was an item on Ceefax that said there were going to be changes to pensioners free bus passes from April 1st. One of these changes was going to be that they could not be used on Park and Ride services.Management was quite upset because she is a "heavy user" (she has used her's three times for this in the last two years). So as she was working out the implications it became apparent that it will now be cheaper to take the car into York city centre, and pay to park it there, than it will be to pay to use the Park and Ride....................joined up government? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 I do not know what all the fuss is about. We are supposed to be a country with an integrated transport system (Hansard 1958, page 12783)It is so well thought out that it could only have been dreamed up by politicians.There was an item on Ceefax that said there were going to be changes to pensioners free bus passes from April 1st. One of these changes was going to be that they could not be used on Park and Ride services.Management was quite upset because she is a "heavy user" (she has used her's three times for this in the last two years). So as she was working out the implications it became apparent that it will now be cheaper to take the car into York city centre, and pay to park it there, than it will be to pay to use the Park and Ride....................joined up government?Load of pillocks. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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