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Transport cannot be properly "joined up" when individual suppliers have their own interests at heart and not those of the local community. Buses need to operate with increased frequency to increase usage. To have one bus linking Brentwood and Shenfield that runs hourly outside of rush hour explains the size of the taxi rank at Shenfield station. There is clearly a need for transport links but this is not being met by the local bus providers.
It should be possible to hop on a bus in Brentwood and buy a ticket that will take the customer to Bank station via Shenfield and back using bus, rail and tube. This is not possible because systems are not joined up.
Smaller, more frequent shuttles are required outside of rush hour but the Council can't affect that change because they have no influence.
Ensign should be a part of the Plusbus ticketing system but the Council is impotent because of lack of influence.
We have a disparate transport policy that serves private enterprise instead of the local community.
The cost of transport in the Borough is another limiting factor that constrains use of bus and rail.