Bus survey

This is the first of two (possibly more!) blog posts about the local bus services (the next post will give our response to it!). It reports the results of the survey we carried out at various locations in the area. Many thanks to the 216 people who responded. Here are the the results.

What you thought!

The normal problems people have with buses are to do with price and reliability.

So maybe the local bus company can take some reassurance that around 80% of responses suggested people were satisfied with the frequency of the service. Equally unsurprising is that a similar number regard the service as being too expensive.











When asked if there were places you would like to get to, Bristol Temple Meads was a clear winner, but other destinations in the City Centre were also suggested. (In fact, we quite like the proposal from one person in Park Road who suggested a service  which went around the city centre, taking in places like the hospital and Cabot Circus.






Other issues raised

A number of issues were raised. Recurring themes are

• re-instate a service within Southville
• poor quality of maps/information provided
• crossing town difficult
• poor evening service
• needs to work better for wheelchair/pushchair/pram users
• unfriendly drivers
• need for Oyster cards
• walking/cycling (and sometimes driving) a better option

Other suggestions included the need to give better training to bus drivers to be more considerate to vulnerable road users, and buses need to be accessible for the disabled

Full list of requested destinations





Full list of actual destinations