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Petition to save threatened York bus route tops 1,000

Many hundreds of residents could be left without public transport. Photograph: York Lib Dems
Thu 5 Jan, 2023 @ 12.25 pm News David Dunning

More than 1,000 residents have signed a petition to save a threatened bus route in York.

The campaign was launched in December following an announcement by First York that they planned to axe the number 12 bus service from 22 January.

The loss of the number 12 would leave many hundreds of residents in Woodthorpe, Acomb Park and Foxwood with no practical access to public transport.

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The online and hard copy petition – and an accompanying survey – was organised by Lib Dem councillors representing the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe and Westfield wards.

As well as the petition and survey, councillors organised a public meeting, which took place at St James the Deacon Church Hall in Woodthorpe last month.

At the meeting around 40 residents shared why the service is important for them, and what they would like the service to look like in future, if it can be retained.

The feedback gathered has been shared with council officers, who are currently working to find an operator to take on the number 12 service after 22 January.

Stephen Fenton, one of the Lib Dem councillors for Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward, thanked all those residents who have signed the petition, completed the survey or attended the meeting.

Cllr Fenton said: “It was clear from the turnout at the meeting that this is an issue which local residents feel very strongly about, and the numbers who have signed the petition further demonstrates the strength of feeling locally.

“There were many personal stories shared at the meeting about just how vital the bus service is to enable residents to get to school, college, work, medical appointments or just to have access to some social interaction.

“Many bus operators are struggling with increased costs and driver recruitment, which has impacted service reliability and in turn made it more difficult to retain and attract passengers. And with the Government financial support for the bus industry due to end in March, it has all created something of a ‘perfect storm.’

“In York we are better placed than most to weather this storm, having successfully bid for £17m of Bus Service Improvement Plan funding, but the future remains uncertain. The priority has to be to retain geographical coverage to prevent many of York’s communities, such as Woodthorpe, being cut off from access to public transport.”

The petition reads “I the undersigned back the Lib Dem campaign to retain a bus service for the communities currently served by the number 12 and call for the Government help needed to ensure the service’s long term viability.”

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M F
26 days ago

Well this is what you get when you only have one main franchise holder
Who have no interest in providing a good bus service unless it pays over the top and they can only run a minimum of buses or less
York bus services have got worse every since first York got all the park and ride contracts because they get money for every bus that they run full or empty

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