Bus Routes * UK - Threatened by £300,000 cut
Cambridgeshire County Council has announced a six week public consultation on plans to reduce or withdraw services
Cambridge,UK -The Cambridge News On Line -15 Aug 2008: -- A £300,000 cut will be made to subsidised bus services, threatening the future of nine routes across the county. Cambridgeshire County Council has announced a six week public consultation on plans to reduce or withdraw services including the X14 Huntingdon - Cambridge Science Park; 196 Waterbeach - Fen Ditton - Cambridge; and 2 Cambridge - Hardwick - Caldecote buses... Rising costs and the need to pump money into other core services such as education and social care have been blamed for the cut... The council subsidises 70 routes, spending £2.77 million a year and the nine services which could be cut are those which scored lowest when transport bosses looked at the average number of passengers, cost per passenger journey, the purpose of the journey and alternative transport available... (Video from YouTube, by derekbatty - June 29, 2008 - "Catching the bus in Cambridge" - Get a cappuccino from Dining Out and sit on the wall of the Round Church with students from Cats College, kicking your feet and the catching the buses as they turn the corner)
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