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https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/our-new-hospital/how-to-get-to-midland-metropolitan-university-hospital/

Double the price of city centre parking

Thatcher wasn't a socialist and she didn't dare to deregulate London.

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Highways/roadworks/stafford/A34-Weeping-Cross-to-Stafford.aspx

No. There was a discussion on the Chaserider thread about drivers driving with the doors open. I started a new topic as a follow on.

Your article is not well thought through.

The climate is changing. We are getting more temperature extremes. Public transport needs to keep up with that.

How do you propose getting people out of cars onto the bus when the choice is a 30 degree saloon temperature vs an air conditioned car or Uber?

It's not viable to install A/C on service buses.

How would you pay for it? Better yet, who will pay for it?

Better working conditions for drivers reduces turnover reduces cost.

Getting people out of their cars and using the bus instead will increase income but they won't if the alternative is travelling in a greenhouse. I drive more in summer because the car has aircon to avoid hot buses.

Yes it is viable. The big manufacturers offer it.

It is about time that buses came with air con as standard. Drivers deserve better working conditions in summer and passengers don't want to travel in a mobile greenhouse. It is now standard in cars, trains and trams. Buses are way behind the curve.

Buses need to enter the 21st century and offer air con as standard. Drivers deciding to drive with doors open shows how miserable buses are in summer.

Says who? All that says is they are exempt from any charges in Clean Air Zones, like many other non Euro 6 vehicles are.

https://www.brumbreathes.co.uk/info/25/welcome-2/45/charges-operation-1/2

Birmingham requires Euro 6.

What possible exemption is there for a non-heritage bus?

They're euro 5 according to paper work

Gov clean air zone check shows them as no charge which must mean they're Euro 6.

There's no euro 6 on the 841 or 432

497 and 498 were on 432/841 as they are again this morning.

• Unlimited travel on all bus operators within the nBus zone and on all National Express buses

Adult travelcards and bus passes | NX Bus West Midlands

What is Daysaver Extra for then?

National Express stated that they were accepting nBus tickets on all services, so yes it is valid to Lichfield on the two NX services that serve Lichfield

https://ticketsearch.tfwm.org.uk/#/ticket/63

https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/tickets-prices/single-trips-day-tickets

Where does it say valid to Lichfield?

Er,yes it is. I used mine before the New Year holiday to go there from Walsall and then left on a Sutton bus.

The nbus zone does not include Lichfield and never has. Lots of people probably are travelling out of area though and I can understand drivers not wanting the argument.

Still fairly good value that you could travel from say Willenhall to Walsall or Bilston to Walsall say for £2.90 and a Daysaver NX being £4.50 or will it now be £4.80 is still good value. Baring in mind the NX Daysaver can get you from Birmingham to Lichfield or Lichfield to West Brom or Dudley

Nbus is not valid to or from Lichfield