Members and ranks services based on cost, usage, 5 Sunday and evening £3 to £5 journey purpose and the availability of other forms of 6 Saturday, Sunday & evening £5 to £7 transport (such as the rail network). Any day Over £7 7 Poorly performing contracts Regardless 8 these criteria we will consider supporting a with very limited implications of cost bus service if its main purpose meets one or more of the following journey activities: Access to work Access to learning Access to healthcare Our approach to savings Access to food shopping The Council is very aware that any change or withdrawal Next, services are ranked in priority order based on the to a bus service will have a negative impact on users times and days of the week on which they operate and who in many instances will have made personal the cost per passenger journey (the cost of the contract arrangements around it. Our approach seeks to divided by the number of journeys made on it). The table minimise these impacts as far as possible by taking below shows how we prioritise services in this way. account of: The Council’s criteria for supporting bus services (detailed on page 7) £ Per Equality legislation (the Equality Act 2010) Passenger Priority Days of operation Journey (detailed on page 14) (KCC Feedback from the public received through this subsidy) consultation 1 Any day of the week Less than £3 2 Monday to Friday £3 to £5 3 Monday to Friday Over £5 Why do we need these additional steps? 4 Saturday £3 to £5
Members and ranks services based on cost, usage, journey purpose and the availability of other forms of transport (such as the rail network). these criteria we will consider supporting a bus service if its main purpose meets one or more of the following journey activities: Access to work Access to learning Access to healthcare Access to food shopping Next, services are ranked in priority order based on the times and days of the week on which they operate and the cost per passenger journey (the cost of the contract divided by the number of journeys made on it). The table below shows how we prioritise services in this way. Priority Days of operation £ Per Passenger Journey (KCC subsidy) 1 Any day of the week Less than £3 2 Monday to Friday £3 to £5 3 Monday to Friday Over £5 4 Saturday £3 to £5 5 Sunday and evening £3 to £5 6 Saturday, Sunday & evening £5 to £7 7 Any day Over £7 8 Poorly performing contracts with very limited implications Regardless of cost Our approach to savings The Council is very aware that any change or withdrawal to a bus service will have a negative impact on users who in many instances will have made personal arrangements around it. Our approach seeks to minimise these impacts as far as possible by taking account of: The Council’s criteria for supporting bus services (detailed on page 7) Equality legislation (the Equality Act 2010) (detailed on page 14) Feedback from the public received through this consultation Why do we need these additional steps?
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