19:29:03 From Graham Ellis to Everyone: Graham Ellis - Melksham / option 24/7 19:29:12 From Graham Ellis to Everyone: graham@wellho.net 19:29:27 From Graham Ellis to Everyone: http://option247.uk 19:29:32 From Frank Thynne to Everyone: Frank Thynne from Bath Bus Users Group 19:29:44 From Bryony Chetwode to Everyone: Bryony Chetwode TravelWatch SouthWest 19:30:07 From Peter Travis to Everyone: Peter Travis 19:30:15 From Bryony Chetwode to Everyone: Slides will be found through the link given by Graham above 19:31:17 From Peter Travis to Everyone: Peter Travis : Co Chair Somerset Bus Partnership Co Chair Frome And Villages Bus User Group 19:31:55 From Dave Orme to Everyone: Dave Orme, BANES Rural Transport Group 19:35:44 From Kathryn Davis to Everyone: Kathryn Davis- director of tourism VisitWest 19:37:01 From Tony Reese to Everyone: Tony Reese - Somerset Bus Partnership - co-chair from South Somerset - interested from the point of view of Somerset/Dorset cross border routes particularly Yeovil-Bridport service 6 19:38:21 From Tony Reese to Everyone: tony.reese@mail.com 19:42:24 From Cllr Nikki Barton to Everyone: Nikki Barton, V.Chair Clevedon Town Council Transport and Highways., Member of Transport for Greater Bristol, Wells |Environmental Forum, SERA Bristo & WestE 19:44:11 From David Redgewell to Everyone: David Redgewell Bristol mayor transport Board and Bristol disability equlities forum truste South Gloucestershire council disability equlities forum 19:45:37 From David Redgewell to Everyone: weca mayoral transport Authority is also working with North Somerset council passengers forum is being set up 19:48:03 From Cllr. Ray Tully to Everyone: Cllr.Ray Tully from Monkton Heathfield Taunton 19:51:22 From Tony Reese to Everyone: An answer for Cameron - Intersetingly, Somerset County Council has invited all the Community Groups to be part of the new BUS Stakeholder Group 19:53:10 From Dave Orme to Everyone: Couldn't agree more about the importance of Community Transport in all this. Chris Head, of West of England Community Transport Group, is a stakeholder worth bringing in. 19:59:43 From Cllr. Ray Tully to Everyone: The question that needs to be answered is why all the transport systems ie .buses- trains - long distant coaches don't seem to connect up. 20:04:24 From David Redgewell to Everyone: also representative the Gloucestershire catch the bus campaign serving Gloucestershire and south Gloucestershire. 20:05:21 From David Redgewell to Everyone: please not we have Dorset catch the bus campaign Facebook 20:05:49 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Devon and Cornwall catch the bus campaign Facebook group 20:06:50 From David Redgewell to Everyone: and Somerset catch the bus campaign Facebook group covering Somerset county council Banes and North Somerset council and buses into Bristol 20:07:15 From David Redgewell to Everyone: and 24 7 covering Wiltshire and Swindon 20:11:31 From David Redgewell to Everyone: we have a meeting at city hall the joint committee west of England mayoral combined Authority and North Somerset council with mayor Dan Norris metro mayor 12 00 city hall Bristol. 17 th December 2021 if you wish to speak please register with west of England mayoral combined Authority Democrat services. by 1200 tomorrow Thursday 16 th December 2021 20:11:54 From David Redgewell to Everyone: please register to speak 20:13:54 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Their a bus service improvements plans for Somerset west of England mayoral combined Authority and North Somerset council. Gloucestershire county council Dorset council Swindon borough council Wiltshire council Devon county council Torbay council Plymouth city council Cornwall council Bournemouth poole and Christchurch in the South west. 20:14:48 From David Redgewell to Everyone: west Gateway transport Board and south west transport Board are looking at Coach and regional bus links. 20:17:01 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Tourism is very important to Bus and coach services in south west England 20:17:42 From David Redgewell to Everyone: especially in the summer season and in Bristol Bath Weston super mare all year round 20:19:32 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Tourist numbers have dropped on buses in Gloucester Cheltenham Stroud Exeter Plymouth Cornwall council on Autumn breaks 20:19:38 From Kathryn Davis to Everyone: Apologies but I have to leave now. Is it possible to share a recording of the rest of the meeting? 20:21:14 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Kathryn thank you for comming tourism very important thank you on public transport 20:21:42 From Graham Ellis to Everyone: Kathryn - will send notes at the very least. Front page o http://option247.uk will have a link within 48 hours 20:21:56 From Graham Ellis to Everyone: Slides there already 20:25:24 From Bryony Chetwode to Everyone: The link at the top left by Graham will route you to the slides and there will be a run though of the meeting notes. 20:28:58 From David Redgewell to Everyone: National Express coach services in rural area are getting covid 19 bus recovery grant falcon coach service megabus coaches on rural links and Berry coaches. 20:30:01 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Bristol to to North Devon coaches are bus services covid 19 bus recovery grant funded 20:33:57 From Bryony Chetwode to Everyone: Is there a map with the CT superimposed over key corridor routes 20:42:59 From Option 24/7 to Everyone: Follow us on social media or view our websites http://option247.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/option247 https://www.somersetbuspartnership.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/SomersetCTBC https://www.facebook.com/Somerset-Bus-Partnership-105704811629827 https://twitter.com/SomersetBusPart 20:58:04 From Frank Thynne to Everyone: Regret I need to leave. Thank you for an interesting and usefu; discussion. 21:00:33 From Tony Reese to Everyone: I need to leave now as well. Best wishes from the South of Somerset - the message is clear - we need to campaign for funding all across the area 21:09:03 From Peter Travis to Everyone: https://www.facebook.com/Somerset-Bus-Partnership-105704811629827 21:11:12 From Peter Travis to Everyone: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SomersetCTBC 21:12:16 From David Redgewell to Everyone: we need a list of the members of the house of lords 21:12:30 From Peter Travis to Everyone: https://www.facebook.com/Favbug 21:13:03 From David Redgewell to Everyone: in South west England at Travelwatch South west 21:20:57 From jill stewart to Everyone: good night to all. A very interesting discussion. I leave you with the question "What's the real cost to government if the bus transport reduces" 21:21:39 From Cllr Nikki Barton to Everyone: Goodnight Cameron. 21:21:50 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Dan Norris is setting up with Don Davis leader of North Somerset council a new passengers forum after Christmas and the new year he is going to chair himself with Donald Davis as vice chairman of North Somerset council 21:22:13 From jill stewart to Everyone: For CT "It means the government will have to pay more in the longer term" 21:22:48 From jill stewart to Everyone: good night and merry Christmas to all. 21:28:56 From David Phillips to Everyone: Having to leave now. Good evening to all. 21:29:07 From Maria Komornicka to Everyone: I have to leave now. V interesting meeting. 21:29:21 From Maria Komornicka to Everyone: Good night everyone 21:30:45 From Option 24/7 to Everyone: We need to get all the bus user groups together across WECA. Quite a few people didn't make it tonight. 21:31:34 From David Redgewell to Everyone: the west of England mayoral combined Authority runs Deep into Gloucestershire as well 21:31:58 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Dan worrying Thornbury Gloucester corridor 21:32:14 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Bath to Stroud corridor 21:32:29 From David Redgewell to Everyone: yate to Swindon corridor 21:34:32 From David Redgewell to Everyone: Dan Norris is looking for Somerset bus partnership to join because of Somerset unity councils and relationship with mendip District council 21:35:12 From David Redgewell to Everyone: he also keen to hear from Stroud District council and Wiltshire 21:44:02 From Dave Orme to Everyone: CT may get a mention in WECA's BSIP but there's no indication that planning and resourcing of rural transport services will be taken out of their extant stovepipes and managed holistically 21:49:55 From David Redgewell to Everyone: off to Cheltenham by bus now by stagecoach west 21:51:43 From David Redgewell to Everyone: its weca mayoral transport Authority and North Somerset council 21:52:00 From David Redgewell to Everyone: joint bus service improvements plan