Recent content by asw22

What I seem to be thinking is to reverse deregulation rather than franchising , where operators can bid to operate routes but with WYITA (West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority) having a greater say, or even the final say, on routes, frequency, punctuality, reliability and county wide...

Thank you some good points. Mostly Transdev Keighley's 60, sometimes Harrogate 7 and 36 though the 36 can have big gaps around 3 to 4 pm some days probably due to traffic. Sorry by foregone conclusion, I mean that I think more responses will be received in favour of franchising than those...

Let's look at the effectively nationalised Northern Rail - strikes, delays, cancellations - I have at least one journey per week where I have to take the bus instead or I'm more than an hour late. Then I look at Transdev, an arm's length subsidiary of the French sovereign wealth fund. They have...

Overseas buyers of property and businesses welcome ... Come on small boats you're not. And if you're unlucky enough to be homeless ... Unless you either inherit wealth or can generate a mass of wealth, then most are only one or two pay cheques, or one family breakdown or one rent / mortgage...

Red bus cafe A64 between Leeds and York.

Delays caused to train services this morning into and out of Leeds. (Conductor / guard confirmed on the passenger audio that this is why the train I was on was delayed)

Unfortinately without bus priority then the bus gets caught up in traffic. On my 2 hour bus journey each way yesterday (instead of 30 minute train journey) the bus was fast along bus lanes then got stuck in traffic at the end. Throw in train strikes and then even with working from home the...

From my previous role dealing with car insurance complaints it was standard practice to give the customer our name and business address (in the days before email). This gives the customer confidence that any follow up concerns could be addressed by someone who knew the history, with the back up...

Northern Rail services on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines severely disrupted yesterday evening and this morning due to overhead wire issues and tonight due to a broken down train. This follows another broken down train on 17 July am.

My rent has gone up 15% each year for the past 3 years. It is a studio flat so there isn't a way to downgrade to a smaller property. My salary since 2020 has dropped by around 20% due to a job loss in 2021 but I am just over the threshold for any form of benefits. So to avoid going further...

Some areas will be better, some will be worse. To answer this it can be worth looking at places like Brighton, Nottingham, Reading, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds / other area of choice to see how things compare now to pre 1986. Note that in this list 3 are served by arm's length municipals.

In the mid 2000s there were 2 770 journeys per hour (no Connexions). Then Connexions joined and then for or a while there were 3 Transdev journeys per hour between Harrogate and Wetherby. This then reduced to two and since Nov 2022 it is down to one Transdev 7 (+ 2 Connexions X70). My experience...

It was on the 66 yesterday (Bank Holiday 1 May) Does this seem a bit steep (given that the off peak K Day increased in Sept 2022 to match the peak price)? Or is it just a reflection of inflation,, increased fuel and other costs? Looking at it a bit more it looks like it covers a larger area...

There was a few years overlap between the 91s / 43s and 322s in the late 2010s between Skipton and Leeds. The 800/1s were entering service at around the same time as the 331s were replacing the 322s so (not sure but at best maybe) a few weeks overlap in late 2019 / early 2020.

It would be interesting to see how it breaks down by location (eg London / regionally), job type and sector. Also the median increase as that would reduce skewing to some extent. 1682686959 Then there is also the actual disposable side. If your rent has gone up 15% in each of the last two years...