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First Group Presentation – let’s talk about Route 66

James Spencer — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:51:00 +0000

Sorry for the short notice. I got this through from Ipswich Buses:

Alan Pilbeam, MD of First is doing a presentation to the Ipswich Transport Society tonight at Bridge Ward Social Club in Austin St, at 1930. Public can attend for an entrance fee of £2.50

I will be there (although I’m coming from London so this will be at the mercy of the trains). There should also be a couple of people from Wherstead Road who want to talk about the curtailing of Route 66. If you’re coming then please email me at james@bridgeward.org.uk or find me at the meeting.

Wherstead Road needs a more regular bus service

James Spencer — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:04:11 +0000

Since the Route 66 bus service has been discontinued Wherstead Road has had to make do with village services going into Ipswich town center. This has caused a number of problems:

Infrequent services – one an hour if you’re lucky
Unreliable services not keeping with timetables
Few seats by the time the busses get to Wherstead Road
More cars on the road
No disabled access on the tiny busses

This has got to stop. It may be hard to get money out of the government, especially as Chris Mole is now the minister for transport, but this can’t go on.