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To: North Yorkshire County Council
NO MORE BUS CUTS IN NORTH YORKSHIRE!
Please don't make any more damaging cuts to services that are essential to so many people - workers, tourists, the elderly, schoolchildren and anyone for whom a car is not an option.
Why is this important?
NYCC has already made subsidy cuts to bus services of a whopping £2 million in 2013/2014 - the highest in the UK - and now it wants to cut an extra £500,000 in 2016. Buses are a lifeline for so many, for both practical and social reasons. If a person cannot drive, or doesn't have access to transport, why should they be disadvantaged further? If somebody relies on the bus to get to work, why should they worry - again - that they may not be able to get there? You never know when you may need a bus so please don't take them for granted. They are a necessity and not a luxury.
Here's my story: I've been using the 31x between Easingwold and Helmsley on an almost daily basis for several years to get to work. It's clean, reliable and a safe way to get to a lovely rural part of the world that is very popular with tourists. NYCC is thinking of cutting my two regular journeys to term-time only, with unacceptable cuts to the rest of the service which will effectively reduce it to three days a week and two journeys a day - one from and one to Helmsley - and nothing at all at the weekend.
You can find full proposal information here:
www.northyorks.gov.uk/bussubsidy
DON'T LET NYCC CUT OR FRAGMENT ANY MORE SERVICES.
