The hospital offers both inpatient and outpatient care, as well as an Urgent Care Centre. With limited onsite parking, access to the health and care services offered at the hospital has become a major problem to elderly patients and those with mobility issues or without transport. Mental Health services has just been moved to the site, meaning even more patients use the hospital. Local bus companies need to be held to account for providing a service that meets the needs of customers and this includes maintaining adequate transport links to our local hospital for patients with accessibility needs.

The bus route acts as a means of getting to work, hospitals, banking doctors surgery's, shopping and leisure. This is the only regular bus service, which also serves the Flora Thompson villages featured in Lark Rise to Candleford - Fringford is known as Candleford Green and Brackley, Evenly and Bicester feature also by real name in the books. Unfortunately both Northamptonshire County Council and Oxfordshire County Council have effectively decided to cease funding service 8 from May 2016. It will simply not be economic for Stagecoach Midlands to retain the existing service on a commercial basis after that date, but we are hoping to be able to retain a limited off peak service towards the end of the year, when there will be some section 106 money available to fund an enhancement of that off peak link between Brackley - Silverstone and Northampton. The bus subsidy should remain on the route effected by it, until such a time that section 106 money is released later in 2016 that will make the service a commercially run service along its entire route. Based on analysis against the subsidy and value for money criteria set out in the Council’s Bus Strategy, it is proposed that the following services will be withdrawn: Service 8 would be withdrawn between Silverstone, Brackley and Bicester for connections to Oxford. Service would still run commercially between Northampton, Towcester and Silverstone. It is is expected that the villages of Evenley, Syresham and Whitfeld would have some replacement services offered by County Connect. There would no longer be an off-peak or Saturday bus service between Brackley and Towcester or Northampton, or at any time from Towcester or Brackley to Bicester.

Lincolnshire is a very rural county, and not everyone has a car. A lot of people rely on their bus services to get in groceries, to go to work, or hospital. Transport is a vital link for travelling to work, to community services, such as health servicea and shops. They are also vital for enabling social contact with friends and families, especially for those who are disabled or elderly.

Kent County Council has a statutory requirement to take into account the needs of ALL road users when setting local speed limits. In 2014, Kent recorded an 11% increase in the number of people killed or seriously injured on its roads. At 20mph EVERYBODY benefits, including the most vulnerable members of our community. Child pedestrian accidents decrease by up to 70%. Slower speeds are elderly, disability and dementia friendly, reducing casualties by up to 20%. Walking and cycling become safer and more attractive modes of transport. Toxic diesel fumes are reduced to the equivalent of taking half of all petrol cars off the road. Traffic flow improves and congestion is eased. Journey times are increased by only a few seconds. Area-wide, blanket speed limits cost less to implement and are more effective than separate zones. On August 24th 2015 Faversham Town Council pledged their support for a 20mph scheme throughout Faversham Town Over 15m people are now living in 20mph boroughs. We deserve the same! Thank you for your support www.faversham.20splentyforus.org.uk Twitter: @20sPlentyFav Facebook: 20sPlentyFaversham

A year ago my adult sons lost their transport when Salford's mayor decided they did not fit their criteria to keep it. Both my sons are totally dependent for all their needs and now we have to transport them ourselves. This has taken its toll on our health, and now the same mayor is looking to stop children's coaches to get them to their schools. This really cannot happen again. Our children need this service - it's vital to give them a better future. It is also needed for parents, to give them that little bit extra respite so that they can relax and know that their children are in safe hands on the way to and from school. So I am asking all the people who read this: please sign and don't let this happen again. Our children deserve the best.

Please petition the City of Edinburgh Council to repair our roads which are in many places more suited to a third world country. If you have driven anywhere in Edinburgh, you will be well aware of how dangerously potholed the roads are. For cyclists, it is difficult to avoid potholes without risking life and limb - and for motorists, the damage to vehicles must run into £millions, for most of which the CEC will deny any liability. If you Google "Edinburgh potholes", you will see how ludicrous the situation has become with one woman planting flowers with 35 litres of compost needed to fill the hole. The stories abound, yet the CEC has long insisted there were no potholes waiting to be repaired, hiding behind their definition of a pothole and the sheer brazen complacency that allows such incompetence to be left responsible for our road infrastructure. http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/council-no-potholes-claim-is-laughable-1-3344166 Please help to force CEC to address this situation with urgency.

At the moment the free bus pass is only valid for journeys which start after 9.30am. This seems illogical for a travel benefit which is specifically aimed at "people of working age". Imagine having a stroke in your early twenties, your life slips away to be replaced by dreams. You fight hard to recover, and learn how to walk. You want to volunteer at a local food bank but the bus pass you hold won't allow you to travel there on time. You were hoping that the volunteering might help you get a job. All you needed was a small helping hand instead of a closed door.

The reason that this is an important issue is because there are many community’s that rely on bus services in Herefordshire. The importance of this is compounded by the reality that most people who use buses are those who are the most vulnerable in society who do not have access to private transport such as those who are retired and/or on low incomes. This issue is particularly significant in Herefordshire as its bus services have been one of the most affected by cutbacks in the whole of the UK. The extent of this is shown by the fact that since 2010 there has been a 49% cut in funding resulting in 13 routes being cut and the reduction of 31 services. Finally, on a personal note this is something that is very important to me as I have relied on bus during my time in education and still do in order to have a social life.

Lets save the Knowledge and Black Taxis. Today there are far too many PHV (Mini Cabs) on the roads of London, the streets are congested, the pollution is high. We need to cap the amount of PHV (Mini cabs) on the road. We also need to make sure that the London Knowledge (training process to drive a black taxi) is kept the way it is, it works perfectly and keeps the standards high. The Black Taxi has been the most Iconic symbol of London for 100 years and a source of pride, Changing the learning duration to 1 year would destroy an icon of London and the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people.

There are currently no pedestrian signals to show when it is safe to cross the road, or how long people have to get across safely. The existing traffic lights only allow an inadequate 5 second window, and the central reservation is too small for the numbers using it, making the junction an extremely dangerous place to cross. The crossing is used by large numbers of children from St Andrew's Primary school, Enfield Grammar School and Chase Community School, as well as children from St George's primary school and other local schools, and many members of the public. We believe the safety of our children should be a priority.

Transport for London (TfL), with Lambeth Council, has a plan to make the Vauxhall one-way gyratory into a two-way system. This will replace the well-used, safe and much-loved Vauxhall bus station with dispersed, unprotected bus stops. The plan will not improve the efficiency of the transport interchange, make pedestrian and cycle journeys safe, improve public realm or combat pollution. The proposals are a waste of public money which do not go far enough to improve Vauxhall. Local community group Our Vauxhall, which includes award-winning architects, world-class transport engineers and local residents has produced an alternative, which would make Vauxhall greener, safer and less polluted. Our Vauxhall's plan will keep the traffic moving more smoothly than TfL's whilst also improving journeys through the bus interchange for cyclists, public transport users and pedestrians. See the plan at www.ourvauxhall.com Local meetings have confirmed the popularity of Our Vauxhall's scheme. But TfL refuses to give Londoners a choice. Their consultation is limited to asking for views on their scheme alone. Vauxhall is one of the busiest interchanges in London. This is not just a local matter for Vauxhall. Don't let TfL waste taxpayers' money putting in an inferior scheme when a better plan is ready and waiting. help us to give Londoners a choice and an opportunity to decide.

As a parent I want what is best for my children. My son was given an OPPORTUNITY when he was offered a Grammar School place. If free school transport is withdrawn, a grammar school education would become a PRIVILEGE which many parents across Lincolnshire would be unable to afford.