Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan - Stakeholder Survey

Overview

We consult residents, commuters, businesses and stakeholders to understand what people think about proposed developments, changes to our roads and pavements, or other traffic-related issues.

Why your views matter

Update 23 September 2021:

Survey end date extended to 23:59 on Friday 1 October 2021.

We're developing our Bus Service Improvement Plan over the next few months.

The government published its National Bus Strategy (‘Bus Back Better’) in March 2021. It includes £3bn in funding for buses in England (outside London) over the course of this Parliament. The government vision includes:

• Lower bus fares
• More frequent bus services
• Better passenger information
• More zero-emission buses
• More people travelling by bus

All Local Transport Authorities in England (outside London) are preparing a Bus Service Improvement Plan, and most (including us) will be introducing an Enhanced Partnership between the Council and the local bus operators. This partnership will set out the actions that we and the bus operators will undertake to improve bus services in Slough.

Speaking on behalf of people travelling to your site(s), please give us your views on buses in Slough:

If people travelling to your site(s) currently use buses, we want to hear if they meet their needs. Are they reliable? Do they go where they want to go, when they want to go? What would make them use buses more often?

And we also want to hear from you if people travelling to your site(s) don’t currently use buses.  Why don’t they use buses at the moment, and what improvements would make them consider using them?

What you tell us will be really helpful to us and the bus operators in working out how to improve bus services in Slough. Your response may be quoted anonymously.

Further information

If you would like further information to enable you to respond to the survey, or a copy of this survey information in another format or language, please:

• email us at BetterBy@slough.gov.uk (please state “Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan - Stakeholder Survey” in the subject line), or
• write to us at Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan - Stakeholder Survey, Transport, Slough Borough Council, Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough SL1 2EL (please state “Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan - Stakeholder Survey” at the top), or
• call us on 01753 475111 (asking for a message to be passed to the Transport team)

How to respond

Please, if possible, respond using the Online Survey form below:

If you are unable to use the online survey form, please instead respond:

• by email to BetterBy@slough.gov.uk (please state “Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan - Stakeholder Survey” in the subject line), or
• in writing to Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan - Stakeholder Survey, Transport, Slough Borough Council, Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough SL1 2EL (please state “Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan - Stakeholder Survey” at the top)

Please note that this survey is for businesses, organisations, schools and colleges and not for residents. If you are a resident, please complete our other survey at Slough Bus Service Improvement Plan.

Please respond by 23:59 on Friday 1 October 2021.

What happens next

Thank you for your response. It will be used in developing our Bus Service Improvement Plan and Enhanced Partnership. Your response may be quoted anonymously.

For more information on the Bus Service Improvement Plan and Enhanced Partnership as they develop please see https://www.slough.gov.uk/transport-travel/national-bus-strategy-bus-back-better/1 .