City council misses third government deadline on clean air plan |

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BrizLiz-3235

Thursday Oct 10, 2019 - 7:08pm

Hello, Today I hopped on a bus from College Green to close to the top of Whiteladies, & return. I was unpleasantly surprised by the one-way tariff of £2.50. No surprise to you no doubt. Yet I have lived in one the most expensive cities on this planet, Geneva, Switzerland. The rate is the same, BUT, the ticket is valid for one hour, hop on, hop off during those 60 minutes. This would increase the number of passengers immensely, and may well reduce traffic. Give this a think. Also the City Council MUST intervene to make these bus companies a Public Service and use diverse routes that intertwine over all the city. Why do the buses to the airport ALL use the same route?? Start a route that would take in Anchor Road, the southwest of the city. I think too many people wear brain-blinders rather than thinking outside the box. Good Luck!! (I realize I'm a bit late but it's better than not reacting at all.)

Clarkey-1802

Friday Oct 4, 2019 - 4:17pm

Luke most power it rests luxuriously on apathy.

Strictly4fun-694

Tuesday Oct 1, 2019 - 1:40pm

Once again, Marvin can only do what Head Office tells him. We made a great start with car free days, now London is finally following suit and just had their first, but Marv, bless him, abandoned them. Something where we were leading the way. And this isn't a government thang, it's the United Nations. The other countries that have had their knuckles rapped have got on with it and done what they needed. France (who were also in trouble) has a system where drivers buy a sticker for their car, a different colour depending on your emissions number (e.g. Euro 4 or Euro 6 etc) . It's the same sticker for the whole country, costs less than a fiver for the life of your car and you can see on an app where you can drive on high pollution days. Each town, city of region makes their own rules but it's the same sticker, the same app. Germany has a slightly different system and has been slightly adjusting it for years so each city allows cleaner and cleaner cars. But the UK is going the punitive route. Of We have 6 low emissions zones in the UK and they all have their own system, not much is to do with how much you pollute, mostly they charge by the day. In London it's £12.50 a *day* for any sort of old banger or £12.50 *a day* for a Tesla. It's all about revenue collection, not pollution. Compare that £12.50 *a day* with the €3.11 plus postage *for the life of your car* in the whole country in France. Completely different rules apply if you drive in Glasgow, Norwich, Nottingham or Oxford. Brighton is making its bus companies pay or upgrade. Imagine that happening in Bristol! Really, what is this country playing at? Marvin can't act until someone pulls his strings, but imagine how much easier it would be if we could just slot into a national scheme. And pay once. Rant over!

MikeW-669

Tuesday Oct 1, 2019 - 11:34am

The man is a disgrace

JonEccles-1157

Tuesday Oct 1, 2019 - 9:52am

In 2016 Marvin went all over the city knocking doors and talking to voters, and when people asked him about this he told them he would make it a priority. Three years and five months later, and here we are. He'll be back knocking our doors in early spring next year. I would suggest taking his promises with a pinch of salt.