Rural Buses
This week's item of interest in Route One magazine is the interesting (to us) topic of rural bus services being discussed by the Transport Select Committee. A useful summary of the wibble discussed can be found on this link . Of interest was the transcript of the hearings which as always is illuminating. You can click here for PDFs of the transcript. One of the committee members is Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset and a former Railwayman. I met him in 2009 on a CILT 'Young Professionals' weekender in France. Suffice to say, he comes across in the hearings as a self important individual which is precisely the impression I gained from a few hours in his presence. Being an MP is appropriate for someone with a god complex.... You know you're popular when you get an outing on a politics youtube channel. What also comes across is his complete lack of knowledge about local bus services in his constituency. For someone with a rural area one would expect him to be at the f