Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah raised the issue of poor and fragmented access to real-time bus data in a parliamentary debate. The debate highlighted the frustration and unreliability of bus services in the North East, with constituents waiting up to an hour for buses that may or may not turn up. The debate emphasized the need for accurate and reliable real-time bus information to improve trust in bus services and facilitate commuting. Other MPs, including Cat McKinnell and Mary Foy, also spoke in support of addressing the challenges faced by the bus network in the North East.
We need accurate and reliable real time bus information to get people to work, & children to school & improve trust in bus services in the North East. My intervention in @ChiOnwurahโs important debate highlighted in @ChronicleLive today ๐ https://t.co/Mqf1QrUEkE
We need accurate and reliable real time bus information to get people to work, & children to school & improve trust in bus services in the North East. My intervention in @ChiOnwurahโs important debate highlighted in @the chronicle today ๐ https://t.co/Mqf1QrUEkE
Massively frustrating the unreliability of @dublinbusnews in something so simple (and critical) as knowing if your bus is a bus, or a ghost. People deserve better. https://t.co/DjtHIvqTMF
Thanks to @ChiOnwurah for a hugely important debate today on real-time bus information in the North East. My constituents are sick of waiting up to an hour for a bus that may or may not turn up and of apps or bus station displays which don't keep them updated. https://t.co/7CGbRtj6g3
I led a debate on the shocking state of real time bus information in the #NorthEast. It's ridiculous we can't have confidence about when - or if - a bus will turn up. One of my first questions was when the Minister last took a bus in the #NorthEastโฆ You be the judge. https://t.co/yaTPjV9pn9
Great to see my friend @CatMcKinnell raise the issue of buses in the North East, including in Throckley, which moves into the Hexham seat at the next election.
Spoke in an important debate today led by @ChiOnwurah on how people across the North East are being let down by a bus network with non-existent, unreliable & inaccurate real time information. @UKLabour would take control of our bus network & deliver an integrated bus service. https://t.co/hLN7flwlyD
Since breaking some bones last year I've been using buses more frequently. Often they work really well, sometimes they are frustrating, and sometimes you get so annoyed you end up getting mentioned in parliament by Newcastle MP @ChiOnwurah https://t.co/dzvJFc3v4c
Newcastle MP @ChiOnwurah is raising the poor and fragmented access to real time bus data in parliament today, making it harder for people to get about easily. You can watch the debate at https://t.co/6k4Bwz21fN