Bus service encouragement

Ive just got this very helpful and encouraging email from Godfrey Willis, chair of  BABUS - the Bedford Area Bus Users' Society about services in the area. There is still some work for the PC to do in patrolling bus stops for outdated or confusing information.

To find out more about BABUS  visit http://www.babus.org.uk/

As the then secretary of Bedford Area Bus Users Society (BABUS) I came and spoke to Cranfield Parish Council some time.

Our last newsletter featured "The Green" at Cranfield University on the front page as "The Cranfield Conundrum" with a plethora of bus stop signs, out of date info, ageing bus shelter etc....................... The next edition is due out shortly so I revisited Cranfield yesterday to see if anything had changed following our further complaints to C.B.C. - alas no! - but I was also going to find out if there was any information about the forthcoming new service by UNO and I picked up a copy of your Cranfield Express and congratulations in giving this innovative service pride of place in your magazine. It is certainly most unusual in this day and age to have an "increase" in bus services rather than the regular round of cut backs and we hope that it will be well used - we certainly are giving details in our next newsletter to which I referred earlier.

Cranfield is almost unique in this area with the clientele of the bus service being "younger and paying cash" rather than pass holders but it does seem to have an element of confusion as to who does what between Parish Council, Local Authority and University authorities - although this may be very plain to you!

There is still a lot of outdated info at bus stops within the village and the Uni - is the PC attempting to tackle this as well as us?

After UNO what about "Souls" and what future for the competing Grant Palmer45 to and from MK - even though it goes a slightly different route?

Again, well done, good luck with the service and it needs to be well advertised!