Innovative taxi-bus * UK - Faces the axe after helping jobless work
For five years, the Deeside Shuttle has provided a taxi-style bus service to offices and factories on Flintshire’s giant Deeside Industrial Park
Welsh,Wales,UK -ic Wales/Western Mail, by Rhodri Clark -Mar 12 2008: -- ... Other Welsh counties are considering copying the formula, to cut traffic congestion and give the unemployed easy access to jobs... But the Welsh Assembly Government has said it will cut the Deeside Shuttle’s funding by 20% each year... The Shuttle and its expensive computerised booking system are part-funded by Welsh taxpayers... Local authorities in South-West Wales are interested in copycat services centred on employment areas such as Swansea Enterprise Park and the city’s SA1 development. The Cardiff Gate business park – easy to reach by car off the M4 but hard to reach by public transport from the Valleys – is cited as another candidate... The Deeside Shuttle, which handles more than 3,000 passenger journeys each week, has eased traffic congestion by providing a convenient alternative to the car for commuters. It has also taken many people off unemployment benefits, by offering transport almost as flexible as taxis but at 20% of the taxi fare or less...
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