Bus Services in the Countryside

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 2 October 2018.

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Photo of Lee Waters Lee Waters Labour 1:38, 2 October 2018

The advances in technology have got huge potential to improve the passenger experience and improve the viability of buses. The Welsh Government have been funding the Bwcabus project in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, which has used a demand-responsive model to make public transport viable in smaller routes. That sort of approach, merged with app-based technology, has got huge potential. Anybody who's booked a taxi by an app knows that you can order a time, you can know the price, you know how long it's going to take. Would the First Minister look at how that sort of technology could be applied to buses right across Wales to make public transport a viable day-to-day option for people?