Recent cuts to bus services have affected many communities across the West of England region, but one area particularly impacted by recent cuts to bus services is Winterbourne, just north of Bristol. These have left children struggling to get to school and some people with jobs in Bristol finding it too difficult to get into work.
Three services used by many pupils to get to high schools were almost scrapped, leaving many teenagers struggling to get into school from September. But South Gloucestershire Council has stepped in to find alternative funding for three routes, for the next academic year.
Duncan Porter lives in Winterbourne and said he recently quit his job as a software developer in Bristol, largely due to how difficult it was to commute to work on the bus. He added that the increasing amount of traffic going through the village is now “getting to breaking point”.
