Rural East Lothian Bus Users, RELBUS, was formed with the prime objective of improving bus services in East Lothian, and promoting the bus as the best way to travel in today’s ecologically concerned environment.
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Harry Barker is chair of Rural East Lothian Bus Users and the East Lothian Community Rail Partnership. He is a main board Director of Bus Users UK, to represent Scottish interests, but is also their Treasurer. Harry also has an interest in the application of The Equality Act (2010) within the bus industry.
Opinion piece: How to improve bus services from a passenger perspective
Harry Barker is Chairman of The Omnibus Society and regular contributor to the professional bus press and media.
We may have to accept that it is unlikely that a major increase in the number of services or frequency will be seen in the foreseeable future for financial reasons, both the commercial operators and the Council being restricted in this regard.
Therefore any improvement will require to come from better practices within the current network which are not expensive to implement.
Passengers should expect the following minimum standards to be available:
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