This bus is a much needed service for people who do not drive I used it when my sons were at Meriden School I have walked from Bonnerville close ti the school and although only a couple of miles with small children it took about an hour and they were exausted at the end and mum still had to get home and back again for the return home you can get public transport but again its a time factor could a small weekly charge not be made from parents for this service
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Mrs Eburne
9 years ago
Reduce congestion and safety at the school by keeping the bus service. My kids used it and it was a very valued service.
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Kelly Hamilton
9 years ago
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Whilst the council are introducing 'school streets' in the borough (to reduce car volume traffic in roads immediately around some schools with no parking restrictions) this seems completely counterproductive and will only suit to increase the number of millisons wood parents that need to drive their children into Meriden for school.
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Linda Haydon
9 years ago
How can you put young vulnerable children at risk by taking away the millisons wood school bus and put them on public transport with strangers
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Mary Whittle
9 years ago
The Meriden School Bus is well used, really needed, and shouldn't be taken off. Please reconsider.
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Louise brown
9 years ago
Save Dylan's school bus pls
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Lots of people rely on this valuable service.
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Giles Kendrick
9 years ago
To expect a child of barely five years of age to commute by public bus to and from school is simply insane. Equally, a parent without a car is looking at a ridiculous return commute by foot or bus every single day, plus children risk arriving at school wet and tired even before they start.
The bus was originally set up because the road was dangerous, yet we are now told this is no longer the case, despite a near miss only a few days ago. This is mind-boggling, given the speed at which people still travel the road to the village and from there to the school. There is also no proper signalled crossing or traffic calming at either the school or Millisons Wood to safeguard the children moving from the opposite side of the road to where they have to end up.
The school itself is based on a busy road and has no parking provision where parents might set down or pick up again, without lots of illegal pavement parking at peak hours. This serves to increase the risk to our children at both ends of the journey when compared to the current essential service. It is also going to become far worse if yet more parents are obliged to drive there and block the road.
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Erica Kendrick
9 years ago
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I rely on this bus to get my son safely to school. We live 2 miles from the school, yet it is our closest. This is definitely not walking distance for a 4 year old!
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Keep the service - charge nominal annual fee.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
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I can't believe they are expecting children to walk to school from millisons wood! In all weather & could have to sit in wet clothers all day, plus It would take at least an hour to do this at both ends of the day. Plus the safety of the children on this busy road. It could take a parent who is a non driver 4 hours in total to drop / pick up their child a day. The public buses to & from the village only run every hour, & the x1 old 900 only goes to the village, on the way back it stops at the top roundabout so a child would still have a fair walk at the end of a long day of learning.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
The bus service is a necessity to so many families, it's to far to walk to school.
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Joanne Jenkins
9 years ago
We need this bus service to continue
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David James
9 years ago
Enough money is wasted on unnecessary things. The school bus isn't one of them
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Sallie garbett
9 years ago
This is far too much of an important service to be lost.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
This facility has always been needed at meriden school, there will be such a strain on parents if this facility is stopped
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Karen McDermott
9 years ago
Parents need this service as public transport only runs on an hourly basis and the walk to school is too far for small children.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
My grandchildren depend on this bus to get to school.
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carol stafford
9 years ago
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without the free bus it will cause more traffic through the village plus not everyone has a car and its too far to walk for little ones (down hill to get there but UPHILL to get back) and not all mums can spare another 45mins or so in the morning to walk that far. free bus is vital.
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Mrs R Nunn
9 years ago
I'm in shock and not sure how this action can be justified? Apart from the congestion and environmental repercussions what of those parents who are unable to drive? It's a very long way for the children to walk. This service should not be taken away.
This bus is a much needed service for people who do not drive I used it when my sons were at Meriden School I have walked from Bonnerville close ti the school and although only a couple of miles with small children it took about an hour and they were exausted at the end and mum still had to get home and back again for the return home you can get public transport but again its a time factor could a small weekly charge not be made from parents for this service
Reduce congestion and safety at the school by keeping the bus service. My kids used it and it was a very valued service.
Whilst the council are introducing 'school streets' in the borough (to reduce car volume traffic in roads immediately around some schools with no parking restrictions) this seems completely counterproductive and will only suit to increase the number of millisons wood parents that need to drive their children into Meriden for school.
How can you put young vulnerable children at risk by taking away the millisons wood school bus and put them on public transport with strangers
The Meriden School Bus is well used, really needed, and shouldn't be taken off. Please reconsider.
Save Dylan's school bus pls
Lots of people rely on this valuable service.
To expect a child of barely five years of age to commute by public bus to and from school is simply insane. Equally, a parent without a car is looking at a ridiculous return commute by foot or bus every single day, plus children risk arriving at school wet and tired even before they start. The bus was originally set up because the road was dangerous, yet we are now told this is no longer the case, despite a near miss only a few days ago. This is mind-boggling, given the speed at which people still travel the road to the village and from there to the school. There is also no proper signalled crossing or traffic calming at either the school or Millisons Wood to safeguard the children moving from the opposite side of the road to where they have to end up. The school itself is based on a busy road and has no parking provision where parents might set down or pick up again, without lots of illegal pavement parking at peak hours. This serves to increase the risk to our children at both ends of the journey when compared to the current essential service. It is also going to become far worse if yet more parents are obliged to drive there and block the road.
I rely on this bus to get my son safely to school. We live 2 miles from the school, yet it is our closest. This is definitely not walking distance for a 4 year old!
Keep the service - charge nominal annual fee.
I can't believe they are expecting children to walk to school from millisons wood! In all weather & could have to sit in wet clothers all day, plus It would take at least an hour to do this at both ends of the day. Plus the safety of the children on this busy road. It could take a parent who is a non driver 4 hours in total to drop / pick up their child a day. The public buses to & from the village only run every hour, & the x1 old 900 only goes to the village, on the way back it stops at the top roundabout so a child would still have a fair walk at the end of a long day of learning.
The bus service is a necessity to so many families, it's to far to walk to school.
We need this bus service to continue
Enough money is wasted on unnecessary things. The school bus isn't one of them
This is far too much of an important service to be lost.
This facility has always been needed at meriden school, there will be such a strain on parents if this facility is stopped
Parents need this service as public transport only runs on an hourly basis and the walk to school is too far for small children.
My grandchildren depend on this bus to get to school.
without the free bus it will cause more traffic through the village plus not everyone has a car and its too far to walk for little ones (down hill to get there but UPHILL to get back) and not all mums can spare another 45mins or so in the morning to walk that far. free bus is vital.
I'm in shock and not sure how this action can be justified? Apart from the congestion and environmental repercussions what of those parents who are unable to drive? It's a very long way for the children to walk. This service should not be taken away.