Bus service transparency

7 items 1 source

Absence of mandated transparent methodology and common standards for local authorities to determine and publish socially necessary bus services.

Bus service transparency has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:

7 PFD reports

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Concerns: Long-distance service buses traveling at high speeds on rural routes are exempt from seatbelt requirements, posing an unacceptable risk of death or injury to passengers in collisions.

Concerns: An unmarked bus stop on a 50mph road without pedestrian facilities created a hazard for alighting passengers, exacerbated by overgrown vegetation and unclear management responsibility.

Concerns: The council's reactive bus shelter maintenance system, relying only on public complaints, lacks a proactive inspection regime, leading to delays in identifying and repairing safety issues.

Concerns: A driver's unsafe practice of only looking straight ahead with minimal eye contact at junctions, to deter other drivers, indicates a systemic failure in safe driving training.

Concerns: There is no system in place to alert bus passengers when the vehicle is about to move, unlike previous methods which involved verbal warnings and a bell.

Concerns: An acknowledged dangerous bus stop on a busy road has seen no action taken on long-standing concerns and feasibility studies for safety improvements, despite previous warnings.

Concerns: The bus design was flawed, lacking a necessary safety barrier in front of the front passenger seat.