The Board did touch on the issue of public transport in relation to the city centre as part of this year’s review and one of the recommendations from the review is that the council:
“Facilitates a review of public transport provision into and around the City Centre in
conjunction with transport providers and Swansea BID, including consideration of
introducing incentive schemes to increase use of public transport.”

You can access a full copy of the review report here
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=37049 The sections relevent to public transport are on page 22-24.

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 You may like to highlight the
dire transport poverty in Suburban areas of Swansea and how badly it affects
people in every aspect. How it affects city shopping buoyancy and areas like
theatre/arts health.

You may like to ask Council if they should start
considering others forms…Community transport runs that are not only for
disabled people?….transport sharing?

Suburbia has become the new Rural and
does not attract funding as Rural does. Voters would like Council to be seen to
be actively discussing/seeking alternatives to provide adequate services if they
cannot provide for communities out-with the city.

Voters feel heavily neglected and the older people are also
suffering financial poverty due to frequency of having to finance taxi payments
as medical appoints cannot be fitted in with the very few provided bus
runs.

 Suburban non-drivers are depressed and desperate. For the last 7 years
our communities are eroding as people are being driven nearer amenities.

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Yes there are a few good shops but far too many cheap shops/pound shops/empty shops. Considering Swansea is Wales’s second city it is a disgrace!

And what is the response of the council – cheaper parking!! What a laugh – the real problem is there’s just not enough choice and quality left in the city centre to make the trip worthwhile. Let’s have a proper strategy which includes reduced business rates/incentives to get good shops in and people shopping in the city centre again. Why not follow the example of Carmarther which has created the ‘Old Town’ specialist area as an alternative to the multiples in St Catherine’s Walk. That could easily be done around Castle Street and Princess Way – to include finally letting the empty units on the site of the old David Evans – that white elephant is an embarassment and high time the council took some action to sort out and stop passing the buck! Filling half of it with a cheap gym is a cop out – it’s a small development and if it can’t be filled with the shops we desperately need then the councillors should be EXTREMELY worried about the future of Swansea City Centre – or is it just the case that as long as their favourite poundshop is here then they are happy?

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We now even online shop for items from Wilkinsons..its less stressful than waiting for late badly scheduled buses..Tesco is near the bus station but it is being removed..a bad move.

We cant use theatre, restaurants, jazz club or late shopping as last bus home is 5pm ish.
Taxi costs stand at over 10 pounds now just to get in one way.

Better to get lifts with friends to Lidl,Aldi,Matalan,Fforestfach Tesco for food and electricals,home decor items at Home Sense, two pharmacies and Costa coffee .. 3 clothes outlets.. Get lift home without being rain drenched and stress blown waiting around at cold bus stations or stops. Sort the buses = help sort the situation.

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