First Bus are stopping the UWE bus outside of the university terms.
This will have a huge impact on those who work and study at UWE, as staff and students are still on campus throughout the summer.
This is also the only service available for residents of Harry Stoke and some of Hambrook within a 15 minute walk, that takes commuters into Bristol. This leaves many without vital transport links, particularly over the summer.
No consideration has been given to these staff, students and local residents who will have no choice but to drive to work for at least 5 months each year.
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Reached 100 supporters
June 15, 2017
43 Comments
Please get this bus back on for students and staff!! I am a lecturer; work does not stop when term ends, and I have been late too many times looking for bus stops and waiting for busses that don't turn up.
As a PG student living in Hanham I have already suffered prolonged journey time to UWE after the No 16 bus was withdrawn at the end of April. I have to travel to Bristol and take UWE from there. Now that the UWE has been stopped as well, there is no public transport that would get me to UWE under 2 hours. Truly disturbing!
I use this bus to get to and from work, the express service enables me to do both my full time work and my work representing my community. It has enabled me to get to meetings that would have been otherwise impossible. I have a bus pass. Without this service running at all I have limited options. The reduced service was hard enough, but cancelled!
If the demand is lower, just run a more limited service, or single deckers. Don't just discontinue them entirely, that's very short sighted and inconvenient.
I relied on this bus most days! I work at the airport and have to commute from the UWE area and now after a 10 hour shift finishing at 9pm it takes me until almost 11pm to get home because I have to use a number of different buses to get back. This bus made a quick commute and was very useful to a number of people, there is still demand for the bus yet first want to ignore that!
I live in Stoke Park and this is the service I use to get to work in the city centre each day. If it is to be cancelled out of term times this should at least be postponed until the MetroBus service is up and running.
Very timely - also many students stay over during the vacs.
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First Bus are stopping the UWE bus outside of the university terms.
This will have a huge impact on those who work and study at UWE, as staff and students are still on campus throughout the summer.
This is also the only service available for residents of Harry Stoke and some of Hambrook within a 15 minute walk, that takes commuters into Bristol. This leaves many without vital transport links, particularly over the summer.
No consideration has been given to these staff, students and local residents who will have no choice but to drive to work for at least 5 months each year.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
June 15, 2017
43 Comments
This is a crucial link to Bristol Business Park, as well as the University. Removing this bus more than doubles my commute time. A reduced (and dependable) service would surely be more sensible!
Please get this bus back on for students and staff!! I am a lecturer; work does not stop when term ends, and I have been late too many times looking for bus stops and waiting for busses that don't turn up.
As a PG student living in Hanham I have already suffered prolonged journey time to UWE after the No 16 bus was withdrawn at the end of April. I have to travel to Bristol and take UWE from there. Now that the UWE has been stopped as well, there is no public transport that would get me to UWE under 2 hours. Truly disturbing!
I use this bus to get to and from work, the express service enables me to do both my full time work and my work representing my community. It has enabled me to get to meetings that would have been otherwise impossible. I have a bus pass. Without this service running at all I have limited options. The reduced service was hard enough, but cancelled!
If the demand is lower, just run a more limited service, or single deckers. Don't just discontinue them entirely, that's very short sighted and inconvenient.
I relied on this bus most days! I work at the airport and have to commute from the UWE area and now after a 10 hour shift finishing at 9pm it takes me until almost 11pm to get home because I have to use a number of different buses to get back. This bus made a quick commute and was very useful to a number of people, there is still demand for the bus yet first want to ignore that!
I live in Stoke Park and this is the service I use to get to work in the city centre each day. If it is to be cancelled out of term times this should at least be postponed until the MetroBus service is up and running.
Very timely - also many students stay over during the vacs.
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This is a crucial link to Bristol Business Park, as well as the University. Removing this bus more than doubles my commute time. A reduced (and dependable) service would surely be more sensible!