Written evidence from R Sumser (BUS 67)
REFERENCE CUTS
ON PARK
AND RIDE
BUS SERVICES
IN NORWICH
I use "Park and Ride" at Postwick (Norfolk)
for shopping and voluntary work in Norwich city centre. I am a
pensioner and since the closure in February of waiting room and
toilet facilities, less car park security and fewer buses, I have
become very dissatisfied with the "Park and Ride" service.
Added to this, with the forthcoming withdrawal of
the Saturday service in April and hence the difficulty and cost
in parking my car in Norwich on a Saturday I will no longer be
able to offer my services for voluntary work.
The whole purpose of a Park and Ride facility is
to lesson the amount of traffic using and parking in city centres.
With any business the main ingredient is investment and unless
this is met then less people will use the facility. On the other
hand, the more attractive a business is then the more people
will use it.
In keeping in line with government cuts, I will also
be implementing my own cuts and that is not to visit the city
and therefore saving money not only on the Park and Ride but by
not eating out. My shopping however will be done on-line and at
out of town supermarkets.
March 2011
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