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Our consultation with members and Community Councils progresses, but the long read won’t suit all readers (see the earlier post), so we’ve laid out our priorities on a new page here:

https://relbus.org.uk/documents/focus-on-bus-users-consultation-questions/

Our 9 point plan is a menu rather than a prescription, but we hope it will help us campaign more effectively and prioritise our efforts and inform stakeholders what we believe the elements of a quality rural public transport system should contain.

RELBUS campaigns for better rural bus services. Our main aim is to represent the passenger’s voice.  We aim to represent the passenger perspective at all opportunities to politicians, to government and to local government officials and to bus operators.

We are now seeking wider views on the issues raised in our draft discussion paper to gauge bus users’ perspectives on our emerging strategy and priorities.

V1.1 Focus on Bus Passengers

Please mail your views by email before the 20^th Oct 2012 to info@relbus.org.uk or send them to Philip Immirzi, RELBUS c/o BeGreen, 16 Westport, Dunbar, EH42 1BU.

If you want your response to remain confidential, mark it clearly so.

A substantial part of the last meeting was taken up by discussions regarding the new Local Bus Forum and the way that RELBUS could influence it. Cllr Michael Veitch (Transport Convenor) explained that he had support from operators and officers and optimistic that it was a positive first step in the right direction.

Cllr Veitch also gave an update on progress with the Local Transport Strategy, which should build on the conclusions and recommendations following the Bus Conference earlier in the year, before the Council elections. RELBUS welcomed that the Council’s 5 year plan already cited the draft strategy, though already some of the immediate actions are disconnected from the longer term aims, which also cropped up in discussions later regarding new housing development at Blindwells.

Continue reading Minutes of RELBUS meeting September 2012