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📢 The EBUG Annual General Meeting is on: Thursday 19 June, from 6pm to 8pm At the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh For agenda details watch this space, or even better become a member. It's free! gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d9…

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🚍 NEW REPORT: Public backs bus priority—now it’s time for action Today, we launch ‘Life in the Bus Lane’, revealing strong public support for bus priority measures—even from non-bus users 👇 transform.scot/our-work/our-p… 🧵 Read on for key findings & what needs to change [1/5]

Your occasional reminder that within a year of the Forth Road Bridge opening as a dedicated public transport corridor, there was a 10% increase in passengers crossing it on Stagecoach buses... 350 Stagecoach buses/day on the bridge; on average over 11,400 passengers/day.

Your occasional reminder that bus journey times in Edinburgh have increased due to congestion; nearly 20% in 10 years on some corridors. Even though contactless ticketing reduces boarding times to 1.5 seconds per passenger v. 6 seconds/passenger for exact fare cash.

Today's reminder is about the bus priority corridors reported to Transport&Environment Committee in 2023, still on CEC's 'to do' list:

Reminder:

📢 Reminder; our AGM's on Thursday 19 June 6pm-8pm at Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace. We want YOU to share good bus practice from elsewhere. Really good ideas go in our armoury for lobbying purposes. Joining EBUG is free: gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d9… (Non-members welcome)

🎥 WANTED; for Open University teaching videos on travel & transport (not public release). Someone dependent on public transport to/from work/unsocial hours/uses a bus pass extensively? Or a New Scot or refugee relying on buses? Interviews & journey record. Reply/DM us!

Agenda for our AGM on 19 June. edinburghbususers.group/ebug-agm-agenda

WANTED; at our AGM, Thursday 19 June 6pm-8pm at the Quaker Meeting House Victoria Terr. Young(er) persons, especially with Instagram skills, to help promote our social media messaging. (All ages welcome) Help us shape the next stages of our campaign for bus users!

A reminder that we're now: 1) mainly on Bluesky 2) even have an inactive Instagram account, awaiting an expert operator Please follow us on Bluesky if you can, so we can finally turn off this increasingly unusable platform.