Adrian Ramsay, Co-leader of the Green Party delighted locals and party activist by visiting Hoddesdon on his East Herts Big Action Day. Whilst there he had the chance, along with local Candidates - Sally Kemp, Bob Gledhill, Owen Brett and Roy Clements - to find out about the quality of local bus services. Responses ranged from "appalling" to "good". A third of those questioned used buses as their primary source of local travel (cars and trains were the other most equally popular forms of transport) and a number felt service had got worse recently but that night buses had long been bad. Other concerns raised were the frequency of buses, cleanliness, connectivity and price. Interestingly only about half of those questioned had actually formally complained about the services, but one person said they did so regularly and found the responses inappropriate and unhelpful.
Broxbourne Green Party has called for improved services on existing estates, as the services are none existent in some places, and they have stressed the importance of them when new estates are being given the go ahead. Nationally the Green Party is calling for a "£1 fare to take you there". In our survey cheaper prices would definitely get more people out of their cars and onto buses - provided they run on time - helping to reduce congestion on the roads and pollution in the area and helping us to reach net zero. BGP will be submitting the results of the survey to HCC and welcome any further feedback on bus services in the Broxbourne areas.
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