Decision details

Purpose of report: The report briefly outlines the background to the recent changes to Council subsidised bus services in Copmanthorpe. Consideration is given to the problems surrounding provision of sustainable local bus services in the area and any further solutions which might be employed to offset the loss.

Members are asked to: Acknowledge the contents of the report, consider possible further action and support officers in their efforts to provide economically sustainable bus services for local residents.

RESOLVED:           i) That the Executive Member requests Officers to give further consideration to ways in which the demand for public transport from Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe to York City Centre can be satisfied.

ii)Officers to prepare a report in relation to the above for consideration at a future Executive Member decision session, to include analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the following options:

a)     Requesting First York Ltd. to extend their commercial Bus Service 13 beyond its current terminus into Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe or

b)     Looping the number 21 service through the Temple Lane area either on a permanent or part time basis or

c)      Rerouting the number 21 permanently via Copmanthorpe

iii)That should all these options prove to be impractical or beyond available resources then Officers should recommend to the next meeting how a shared taxi or York Wheels service from Temple Lane to the City Centre, and return, on a limited number of days per week could be established.

iv)                That Officers, when considering how the best use of the additional Dial and Ride vehicle can be achieved, take into account the comments made by residents when consulted about this agenda item.

REASON:That this potentially offers the most cost effective means of providing a more convenient bus service for the residents of the Temple Lane area of Copmanthorpe than currently exists, as it is unlikely to involve the Council in additional expenditure disproportionate to the scale of the problem.