BIG BUS SURVEY LAUNCHED BY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

10.52.35am BST (GMT +0100) Tue 2nd Sep 2008

Local Liberal Democrat Councillors have joined forces with local MP Adrian Sanders to launch a survey of bus users and those who want to use the bus. The survey asks questions about the reliability of local bus services, how often local people use them, when they travel and any problems they have travelling to particular destinations or accessing buses.

The survey is being circulated throughout Torbay.

Local MP Adrian Sanders said: " My postbag always contains a number of letters from constituents highlighting issues that they have with local bus services. This survey will give my Councillor colleagues and myself some very useful information useful information that we can use to try and improve the services."

The Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Torbay Council Steve Darling said:

"My fellow Councillors and myself have been made aware by local people of a number of particular issues they face that they would like to be tackled. These include a lack of capacity - with people being left stranded at the bus stop because the bus is full. Also, the standard of buses that are used on some of the inner residential areas is not as good as those that are on the main routes. The survey will also help highlight any other issues that bus users are facing, which we will take up with the Council and the bus companies."