Greens say shuttle service off track
Newcastle Herald
Tuesday March 22, 2011
THE free Newcastle shuttle bus service had only been operating two days when Newcastle candidate for The Greens John Sutton criticised it as tokenistic and poorly implemented.Mr Sutton said the service was hastily introduced without consultation, and featured errors and misrepresentations in the promotional material."This new service is a rushed, expensive and tokenistic attempt to improve Newcastle's public transport services . . . with inaccurate and misleading promotional material, confusing signage, failure to meet timetable commitments, and even pre-emptive use of bus stops that are yet to be approved by the Newcastle traffic committee," Mr Sutton said.It was not the most cost-effective way to improve Newcastle bus services, and did not operate in peak hours when workers most needed it.Martin Dinneen
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