A councillor said conversations are ongoing to solve the issue of public transport in the Vale of Glamorgan after it was revealed that bus use in the county is still below pre-Covid levels. The level of bus use in the Vale is currently at about 70% and many rural communities remain "void of access" to public transport according to an update report on the council's mission to net zero carbon emission.
Vale of Glamorgan Council's cabinet member for sustainable places, Cllr Bronwen Brooks, spoke at an environment and regeneration scrutiny meeting which discussed the Project Zero report on Tuesday, June 20. Scrutiny committee member Cllr Susan Lloyd-Selby asked at the meeting whether the local authority understood why public transport levels have dropped.
She said: "Is that work being done anywhere so that we can ensure that, rather than trying to replicate bus routes that have been well-used historically, the solutions are actually following the identified need?" Increasing the use of public transport plays a key role in the local authority's aim of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
