Agenda item
Supported Bus Service Contracts 2015
To discuss proposed supported bus service contracts.
Minutes:
The Panel considered a report detailing the planned changes to the supported local bus network and the forthcoming procurement of the revised bus contracts. Proposals to award contracts were scheduled to be considered by the Executive in January 2015.
Arising from the Panel’s questions and comments the following points were noted:
· Whilst the 598 Sandhurst Shopper Service was infrequent there had not been any requests to increase the frequency. The Transport Development Manager would provide information concerning the route of the 598 to a Councillor outside the meeting.
· The proposed Route D would provide a service to the Binfield Road.
· Whilst the 108 route did not include Jennett's Park Community Centre it might do so in the future. However, other services did serve the Community Centre.
· With regard to the implementation of the Bus Strategy Working Group's proposal for shared tickets amongst operators, the Strategy would be adopted in January 2015 and Officers had begun related work but this would be the subject of negotiation with bus operators.
· Similarly, whilst Officers could take forward Members' views regarding the unfairness of a bus operator not issuing child tickets in the evening they could not guarantee that the operator would agree to change its policy.
· A real time bus information service was being constructed at the moment and was being twinned with a web page accessible by smart phones. There would also be information accessible by the blind and partially sighted. The system would be rolled out from November
· The proposals focused on the Council's supported routes to and from Bracknell town centre. A number of the new routes stopped at a Tesco store as it was acknowledged that Tesco was a popular destination.
· Whilst the proposed route B (replacing service 199) no longer served Birch Hill Sainsbury's, it did go to the town centre where there was a Sainsbury's store.
The Panel noted the report.
Supporting documents:
- 07a ECC OS Panel - Supported Bus Service Contracts 2015 - Report (NM), item 24. PDF 63 KB
- 07b ECC OS Panel - Supported Bus Contracts 2015 - Appendix 1, item 24. PDF 808 KB
- 07c ECC OS Panel - Supported Bus Contracts 2015 - Table 1, item 24. PDF 48 KB
- 07d Appendix 2 - Proposed Bus Route A, item 24. PDF 420 KB
- 07e Appendix2 - Proposed Bus Route B, item 24. PDF 325 KB
- 07f Appendix 2 - Proposed Bus Route C, item 24. PDF 170 KB
- 07g Appendix2 - Proposed Bus Route D, item 24. PDF 342 KB
- 07h Appendix2 - Proposed Bus Route E, item 24. PDF 288 KB
- 07i Appendix2 - Proposed Bus Route 53, item 24. PDF 401 KB
- 07j Appendix2 - Proposed Bus Route 108, item 24. PDF 273 KB
- 07k Appendix2 - Proposed Bus Route 151, item 24. PDF 353 KB
- 07l Appendix2 - Proposed Bus Route 598, item 24. PDF 269 KB
- 07m Appendix3 - Existing Bus Route 152, item 24. PDF 425 KB
- 07n Appendix3 - Existing Bus Route 153, item 24. PDF 552 KB
- 07o Appendix3 - Existing Bus Route 162, item 24. PDF 460 KB
- 07p Appendix3 - Existing Bus Route 199, item 24. PDF 430 KB
- 07q Appendix3 - Existing Bus Route 156, item 24. PDF 151 KB
- 07r Appendix3 - Existing Bus Route 154, item 24. PDF 252 KB