Brighton Area Buswatch
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Welcome to the Brighton Area Buswatch website: please note the date for our January meeting has changed (see January's newsletter)Our group has considerable concerns over Brighton Council's Valley Gardens proposals, which we believe risk undermining our currently successful bus serviceClick here- for the latest January 2019 newsletter (and recent newsletters).This also contains our Alternatives to stage 1 & 2, of the Valley Garden's proposal.For some earlier views on Valley Gardens, Maps (etc.)-click here |
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May we welcome new members and supporters reading our news for the first time.We are independent from bus companies and local authorities. Our policy is to influence decisions by building relationships and working with others. We have meetings four times a year with bus companies and Council representatives where members concerns are discussed. They also have an opportunity to explain future proposals. Click here- for our December 2018 newsletterClick here- for our November 2018 newsletterClick here- for our October 2018 newsletterClick here- for our September 2018 newsletterClick here- for our July/August 2018 newsletterClick here- for our June 2018 newsletterFor some of our older stories (click here):What we do: Brighton Area Buswatch deals mostly with strategic issues affecting lots of people. We campaign for improvements to bus services and fares on behalf of bus users. Our policy is to build relationships with local Councils, local interest groups and bus companies to find out about their plans so we can make suggestions and try to influence them. Criticising authorities after they've implemented changes is usually too late to make a difference, so we try to avoid this situation occurring. However we will sometimes suggest lessons to be learnt, especially if we think it could help to avoid mistakes being repeated. We are lucky to have excellent bus services in much of our area which are well-used and very few require public subsidies. Recently around 50 million passenger journeys were made by bus in Brighton & Hove which compares with under 20 million journeys in Southampton or Portsmouth which are similar in size. This is a tremendous achievement but we recognise that people's expectations are always rising and there are always improvements that can be made. If you have a particular problem regarding a bus service or an incident on a recent journey we advise you in the first instance, to contact the bus company concerned. In our experience most local bus companies are keen to receive feedback and will do their best to help if they can. Our partners at Bus Users UK can deal with appeals if a customer is not satisfied with the response from a bus company or local authority.
What we have achived in the recent past includes:-
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Our Public Transport Information page- includes links to real-time bus information for Metrobus and Worthing area services (as well as real-time information in the Brighton area- both the city council and the Brighton and Hove Bus Company).
Photos:
above: Compass Bus service
above: Big Lemon CIC bus
above: Brighton & Hove Bus
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