Calls to investigate why people aren't using the bus

RE:  'We need to get more people to use buses in the West Midlands': Calls to investigate why people aren't using the bus | Express & Star https://share.google/9z5BOfLDymli73Q6b

THE PROBLEM:

It was brilliant to read of your concern about the low take up of buses.  How do we get more people to use them?  Far too many people are driving into work instead of using the bus.  They must be bribed and educated and penalised to use them, as Nottingham does - continue reading:

THIS IS URGENT:

I think that you and your colleagues at 16 Summer Lane (aka Tram/Transport HQ), need to be very much stricter over cars coming into the city centre, ie inside the CAZ.  I suggest car parking in the CAZ be only for residents, traders, taxis and essential vehicles like midwives/nurses/doctors attending patients.  Commuters, shoppers and visitors must use bus, train, tram to free up road space for essential users.  Council and business owned car parks in CAZ must have a workplace parking levy, as Nottingham has.  SEE:

https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/information-for-residents/transport-parking-and-streets/badges-and-permits/workplace-parking-levy/

Fare-Free Public Transport for all ages in the W Midlands and not just for my old geezers age group.  Paid for by abandoning the conversion of railways and bus routes into tramways.