Early notice that we will be meeting mid-September.
We have booked the Bar Lounge, Haddington Town House for our meeting starting at 7pm.
A whip round to pay for the meeting room may be required, which is not intended to discourage you from coming.
A note of the last meeting is here: Notes of RELBUS Meeting June 2012
We’ve just launched some new pages: Get Bus Info on the Move to showcase the range of ways of getting public transport information. Alas in rural East Lothian we are still some way off from having real time bus information, and bus stop information isn’t really that good in many areas, but more about bus stop condition in a future post.
In the mean time we wanted to highlight a few of the new-ish services that are currently available. These are liable to change and improve but feel free to feedback your views.
The Scottish Government is under pressure from Patrick Harvie, Green MSP for Glasgow, to stop blocking a “basic first step” that could result in better bus services. The Transport Minister, Keith Brown, appears to be resisting calls for a survey of passenger satisfaction.
Mr Harvie has a motion in the Scottish Parliament calling for the survey. However, it has yet to be signed by any SNP MSPs.It is backed by MSPs from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
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