What I found most unsurprisng and depressing was his account of councillors squabbling and generally being childish.
Last night’s full Council meeting was, in large parts, the usual depressing slanging match between Councillors who really should know better. Watching grown men (and women) making snide remarks and childish comments across a room, when there are people with real problems in the Borough, is not pleasant.
Nice.
And more evidence of how confused public transport issues are in Greater Manchester:
A couple of people raised the issue of the toilets at Bury interchange last night. I raised it again this morning at the meeting of the Transport Network Committee of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority. The toilets are, it turns out, the responsibility of the Council, and they really do need sorting out because they’re in quite a state. Not the right welcome to the Borough for people arriving by bus or Metrolink.
So, the Bury interchange toilets are the responsibility of the council, not the partnership of councils that run public transport? I'm so confused.
It [Metrolink] is still, in my opinion, far too expensive, dirty, unsafe and unreliable. On Friday I stood waiting for a very long time at Bowker Vale, a station so decrepit that it looks nigh-on abandoned, and was genuinely scared by some of the anti-social behaviour by some people who treat the network like their own uncontrolled playground. I have raised the issue many times, and in other parts of the network there are efforts to improve both the condition and the safety of stations. The Prestwich section seems not to benefit, and although improved ticket machines and CCTV are in the pipeline, they aren’t coming quickly enough.
He's just lucky he wasn't robbed.
Richard Baum: Council and Transport Network Committee
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