On 1 October 2010 16:09, Peter Merchant <madsmad...@netscape.net> wrote:
> > Other considerations: > I live in Wimborne, Terry in Corfe Mullen, is it Simono in Fordingbridge > or Verwood(?). A few live in Winton/Charminster/Bournemouth? > Anyone likely to come from Dorchester? I live in Winton but I don't mind where we meet in Bournemouth area, as long as it's within half a mile from a bus stop with evening buses. As for public transport, there are places where it goes where you want, when you want and for a fair price, but this usually requires a lot of energy from the local council/local community to make this happen. The main issue in Bournemouth comes from having 2 bus companies. There should be an agreement between them for travelcards that work across the whole network but unless the council tries to make them agree, they never will as they only seem interested in competing with each other. Since 2008, local authorities have the power to facilitate such agreement and ensure rival bus companies serve the community rather than compete with each other but I doubt Bournemouth Council will go down that route (at least, my local councillors seem completely unconcerned with public transport). Incidently, does anyone know if there is a Dorset group which campaigns for better public transport? I'd be very interested to join - or to start one if there is none! But I disgress... -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
