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To: Welsh Government

Back Your Bus Route

Unite Wales are calling on the Welsh Government to take action in order to ensure that bus routes in Wales are protected.

We estimate that the Welsh Government's upcoming withdrawal of BES (Bus Emergency Scheme) funding to bus operators will result in the cancellation of between 35% - 45% of Welsh bus routes and hundreds of job losses across the sector.

We will not sit back and watch the bus services that communities across Wales rely upon be slashed, leaving workers, families and vulnerable people isolated and without access to public transport

Why is this important?

If you catch a bus, this matters to you. Whilst passenger numbers have not recovered post-Covid, they never will if services are cut across Wales. Without the Welsh Government safeguarding against the cutting of bus routes you could experience…

- Rural routes being withdrawn
- Overcrowding on buses
- Longer journey times
- Longer waiting times at bus stops
- Disrupted journeys/need to change more often
- More congestion on roads due to an increase in car usage.
- Increased pollution and climate change due to more cars being on the road

If you believe that Wales must have an improved public transport system - not cuts to bus routes, no loss of jobs - then sign the petition now!

Wales, UK

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Updates

2023-04-21 15:44:47 +0100

1,000 signatures reached

2023-04-19 17:22:45 +0100

500 signatures reached

2023-04-18 20:33:20 +0100

100 signatures reached

2023-04-18 20:07:40 +0100

50 signatures reached

2023-04-18 19:56:05 +0100

25 signatures reached

2023-04-18 19:40:46 +0100

10 signatures reached