West Yorkshire bus franchising

[Leyland Bus]

I contacted West Yorkshire Combined Authority regarding the concern that including Tracy Brabin’s name on the side of buses could give rise to bias during election periods, and they have advised that the final livery design won't include the name of the mayor. It will just say “Mayor of West Yorkshire” The bus that was used on Monday was purely for the network identity unveil.

As predicted, shocking...

 

[TUC]

Go-Ahead's Surrey and Sussex-based division might have something to say about that.

They might, but since West Yorkshire Metro had the name first....

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Not sure if this would be better in a dedicated thread, but somewhat lost in amongst the West Yorkshire Rapid Transit announcement were plans for new bus stations in Wakefield and Bradford.
The problems with the current Bradford Interchange have been done to death on here, but I'm a bit surprised by the Wakefield announcement. The structure itself is the newest of West Yorkshire's larger bus stations other than Halifax, though unlike the rest it is owned and operated by Arriva and not the PTE/ITA/Combined Authority. Surely it would make more sense to transfer the ownership, unless (a) Arriva are demanding a ridiculous sum to do so, or (b) there are issues with the structure itself despite it being under 30 years old.

 

[noddingdonkey]

I think the issue is that the roof needs considerable work (it leaks and WYCA have recent experience of fixing Leeds which is a similar design). The design is said to also facilitate anti social behaviour and vandalism.

I Imagine that Arriva have little incentive to do anything about it with franchising on the horizon.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I think the issue is that the roof needs considerable work (it leaks and WYCA have recent experience of fixing Leeds which is a similar design). The design is said to also facilitate anti social behaviour and vandalism.

I Imagine that Arriva have little incentive to do anything about it with franchising on the horizon.

I'm not sure how the design of Wakefield facilitates anti-social behaviour any more than Leeds or Huddersfield does, other than the stupid market stalls that make the concourse far too narrow. The disused market complex next door probably doesn't help matters either.
Though Arriva's lack of incentive to do anything probably also extends to tackling the security issues.

 

[GoneSouth]

I think the issue is that the roof needs considerable work (it leaks and WYCA have recent experience of fixing Leeds which is a similar design). The design is said to also facilitate anti social behaviour and vandalism.

I Imagine that Arriva have little incentive to do anything about it with franchising on the horizon.

Arriva are not the type of company to do anything proactively, their fleet of vehicles looks horrible, their rail operations have been abysmal and their poor employed management relationship left many thousands of people stranded for weeks not that long ago in West Yorkshire.

I can’t see a leaky roof being of interest to them.