Timetable is not about more buses

I quote from a media release by member for Gosford Ms Marie Andrews in the January 31, edition of Peninsula News, "It's never been easier to catch public transport in Gosford and the Central Coast with more buses on the road".

I do not possess a driver's license and am reliant on public transport.

My in-laws reside in Patonga but both myself and my school aged children are denied access for day visits to them from Woy Woy on Sundays and public holidays by bus.

There is no morning bus service to Patonga on these days.

I fail to understand why Pearl Beach village which is sited just up the road from Patonga village and some 15 minutes travelling time by the bus timetable between the villages has a morning service on route 54 on Sundays and public holidays and Patonga does not.

The issue is clearly not about more buses, it is about the implementation of a more practical bus network.

The bus service provider, Busways, and Transport and Infrastructure of NSW should be summoned by the Minister to justify the new bus network and its timetables.

Letter, 12 Feb 2011 Amanda Baker, Woy Woy