Edinburgh Bus Users Group
@edinburghbug.bsky.social
Looking out for Edinburgh's bus passengers and services. Independent of operators, Councils, Government, political parties etc.
Website https://edinburghbususers.group/
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We look forward to the chimpanzees race, in homage to Brooke Bond's old advert.
Where are the details?
(provided the stars are well-treated)
Where are the details?
(provided the stars are well-treated)
January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
We look forward to the chimpanzees race, in homage to Brooke Bond's old advert.
Where are the details?
(provided the stars are well-treated)
Where are the details?
(provided the stars are well-treated)
No.
Which is why AI may not be the threat it could be.
Which is why AI may not be the threat it could be.
January 16, 2026 at 10:42 AM
No.
Which is why AI may not be the threat it could be.
Which is why AI may not be the threat it could be.
Council needs to get a move on.
Comment please?
Comment please?
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Council needs to get a move on.
Comment please?
Comment please?
IF £60m 2026-7 is replicated in later years, the £500m BPF will effectively be reinstated over 10 years (there's a budget line of £1.3bn over 20? years). So:
1. all parties need to sign up to it
2. Transport Scotland must start dishing out the £ instead of putting Councils through hoops
3. Edinburgh
1. all parties need to sign up to it
2. Transport Scotland must start dishing out the £ instead of putting Councils through hoops
3. Edinburgh
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
IF £60m 2026-7 is replicated in later years, the £500m BPF will effectively be reinstated over 10 years (there's a budget line of £1.3bn over 20? years). So:
1. all parties need to sign up to it
2. Transport Scotland must start dishing out the £ instead of putting Councils through hoops
3. Edinburgh
1. all parties need to sign up to it
2. Transport Scotland must start dishing out the £ instead of putting Councils through hoops
3. Edinburgh
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With alt text - in case like me this is too teeny to peer at. (Credit: Google lens.)
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January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Also, CPT Scotland comments rescued from Twitter.
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Also, CPT Scotland comments rescued from Twitter.
OK. But we sincerely hope CEC gets on with the stuff in its own pipeline democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s5...
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
OK. But we sincerely hope CEC gets on with the stuff in its own pipeline democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s5...
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It's the bit about spaffing £s on EV charging infrastructure and yet another 'smartcard programme' we have to worry about...
It's the bit about spaffing £s on EV charging infrastructure and yet another 'smartcard programme' we have to worry about...
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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It's the bit about spaffing £s on EV charging infrastructure and yet another 'smartcard programme' we have to worry about...
It's the bit about spaffing £s on EV charging infrastructure and yet another 'smartcard programme' we have to worry about...
Though it does read rather like 'here's the file where we shoved everything else'.
(Skim-reading the whole, you wouldn't know buses carry three-quarters of PT trips in Scotland, would you?)
(Skim-reading the whole, you wouldn't know buses carry three-quarters of PT trips in Scotland, would you?)
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Though it does read rather like 'here's the file where we shoved everything else'.
(Skim-reading the whole, you wouldn't know buses carry three-quarters of PT trips in Scotland, would you?)
(Skim-reading the whole, you wouldn't know buses carry three-quarters of PT trips in Scotland, would you?)
Talking of @chasbooth.bsky.social , since his motion for a 7-7-7 trial passed UNANIMOUSLY AT FULL COUNCIL, the relevant TRO should sail through the TRO subcommittee, surely?
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January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Talking of @chasbooth.bsky.social , since his motion for a 7-7-7 trial passed UNANIMOUSLY AT FULL COUNCIL, the relevant TRO should sail through the TRO subcommittee, surely?
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TBF trams have other advantages too. But for most trips bus is the only game in town (119m v. 12m trips).
And there's probably a limit on how many buses can run now e.g. operators struggle to retain drivers
And there's probably a limit on how many buses can run now e.g. operators struggle to retain drivers
January 13, 2026 at 9:18 AM
TBF trams have other advantages too. But for most trips bus is the only game in town (119m v. 12m trips).
And there's probably a limit on how many buses can run now e.g. operators struggle to retain drivers
And there's probably a limit on how many buses can run now e.g. operators struggle to retain drivers
IWRC, it came a year or two after CEC had voted through a Local Transport Strategy saying the opposite.
Perhaps some day the real reason will emerge.
Till then we'll have to be satisfied with scurrilous rumours😉.
Perhaps some day the real reason will emerge.
Till then we'll have to be satisfied with scurrilous rumours😉.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM
IWRC, it came a year or two after CEC had voted through a Local Transport Strategy saying the opposite.
Perhaps some day the real reason will emerge.
Till then we'll have to be satisfied with scurrilous rumours😉.
Perhaps some day the real reason will emerge.
Till then we'll have to be satisfied with scurrilous rumours😉.
It may, or it may not. What we can be sure of is that Holyrood shows little sign of having done so.
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
It may, or it may not. What we can be sure of is that Holyrood shows little sign of having done so.
Apparently ASB also 'soared on buses' due to the U22s bus pass.
Except that it's risen by less than the post-Covid returning patronage.
(Also no U22s pass on trains, so how does that work?)
Except that it's risen by less than the post-Covid returning patronage.
(Also no U22s pass on trains, so how does that work?)
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Apparently ASB also 'soared on buses' due to the U22s bus pass.
Except that it's risen by less than the post-Covid returning patronage.
(Also no U22s pass on trains, so how does that work?)
Except that it's risen by less than the post-Covid returning patronage.
(Also no U22s pass on trains, so how does that work?)
Also 85 years late for a service to Dunkirk.
January 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Also 85 years late for a service to Dunkirk.
Is that lorry parked in a bus stop?
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Is that lorry parked in a bus stop?
Vote Bus in '26 !
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EBUG suggestions for 2026 Holyrood election manifestos
Elections for Holyrood (7 May 2026) are on the horizon. EBUG has sent a list of key bus-related ‘calls for action’ to every political party with an identifiable manifesto contact.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Vote Bus in '26 !
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