Agenda and decisions

Bus Services Sub Committee, Greater Manchester Transport Committee - Friday, 18th March, 2022 10.30 am

Venue: Main Hall, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester

Contact: Governance & Scrutiny  Tel: 0161 778 7009

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

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Decision:

That apologies be received and noted from Councillors Nathan Evans and Barry Warner.

 

Apologies were also received from Ian Humphreys (First Bus) who was substituted at the meeting by Paul Townley.

2.

Chairs Announcements and Urgent Business

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Decision:

There were no Chairs announcements or urgent business.

 

3.

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 203 KB

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer at the start of the meeting.

 

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Decision:

4.

Minutes of the Bus Services Sub Committee - 21 January 2022 pdf icon PDF 187 KB

To consider the approval of the minutes of the meeting held 21 January 2022

 

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Decision:

5.

Bus Performance Report pdf icon PDF 994 KB

Report of Stephen Rhodes, Customer Director & Interim Head of Bus Services, TfGM

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Decision:

1.           That the update be noted.

 

2.           That TfGM would investigate the issues relating to punctuality of the 457 service and report back individually to Councillor Burke.

 

3.           That future performance reports would include the supplier rating graph.

 

4.           That TfGM would review the likely forecasted percentage of the bus network that would be potentially subsidised post franchising in order to provide context as to the current tendered budget.

 

5.           That TfGM would review the presentation of passenger loadings data including the potential for additionally highlighting median loadings.

 

6.           That TfGM be urged to promote the good news story of the significant number of buses across GM which are currently (and scheduled to be) meeting Euro6 standards.

6.

Update from Bus Operators

Verbal update from Bus Operators in attendance.

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Decision:

  1. That the verbal updates presented by bus operators be noted.

 

  1. That all operators be invited to report their hotspots for vandalism to TfGM in order for a complete list to be provided to TravelSafe officers to address.

 

  1. That TravelSafe be urged to undertaken proactive approaches to tackling youth anti-social behaviour, including vandalism, to ensure perpetrators can be prosecuted appropriately.

 

7.

Ring and Ride Performance and Recovery Update pdf icon PDF 690 KB

Report of Stephen Rhodes, Customer Director & Interim Head of Bus Services, TfGM

 

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Decision:

That the update be noted.

 

8.

Changes to the Bus Network and Review of Subsidised Bus Services Budget pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Report of Stephen Rhodes, Customer Director & Interim Head of Bus Services, TfGM

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Decision:

  1. That the changes to the commercial network set out in Annex A be noted by Members.

 

  1. That the proposals that no action is taken in respect of changes or de-registered commercial services set out in Annex A be agreed by Members.

 

  1. That the action taken in respect of the service change set out in Annex B be noted by Members.

 

  1. That the proposed changes to general subsidised services set out in Annex C be agreed by Members.

 

  1. That clarification be provided from TfGM to Cllr Mark Aldred in relation to the planned approach to services 583 and 593.

 

  1. That TfGM be asked to ensure service frequency changes are included in future reports.

 

  1. That TfGM be asked to look at whether the service change reports can be simplified to enable the result of the changes to be identified clearly i.e. does this result in a service increase, reduction or no change.

 

9.

GMTC Work Programme pdf icon PDF 367 KB

To note and comment on the proposed work programme presented by Gwynne Williams, Deputy Monitoring Officer, GMCA for the GM Transport Committee and its Sub Committees.

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Decision:

  1. That the proposed work programme for the GM Transport Committee and its Sub Committees be noted.

 

That future reports on vandalism, promoting bus patronage growth and anti-social behaviour be included within the Work Programme for the next municipal year.

10.

Dates and Times of Future Meetings

Future dates will be considered at the Annual Meeting of the Committee in June 2022.

 

 

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Decision:

That it be noted that future meeting dates would be confirmed at the Annual Meeting of the GM Transport Committee in June 2022.

 

11.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

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Decision:

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

12.

Changes to the Bus Network and Review of Subsidised Bus Services Budget

Report of Stephen Rhodes, Customer Director & Interim Head of Bus Services, TfGM

Decision:

That the financial implications of forthcoming changes to the bus network be noted