TransWilts Link - 19th September 2015

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[grahame]

Cheese Hall, Devizes, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 3 p.m. (lots to cover!)

Full agenda to follow below ... but please put this in your diary now.   Open to all with an interest in the current and future use and direction of public transport in Wiltshire, organised by the TransWilts CIC^» (Community Interest Company - about) of which the TransWilts CRP^▸ (Community Rail Partnership) is a division.

We're anticipating that there will be more bus than train content this day, with significant changes underway on Wiltshire's buses at present, and being planned for coming years.  However, there's also rail items already on the agenda such as service designation, and a raft of topics that are multimodal or holistic (wonderful word  ) in how they look.

Just hold the day folks - likely to be very interesting!

[grahame]

Getting there ...

[Chris from Nailsea]

I do like grahame's whiteboard maps and diagrams ... they are so easily understandable, to any subsequent reader.

[grahame]

OK - here it is drawn proper:



and here is the Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/806707299450722/

[grahame]

And the meeting description:

19th September, Cheese Hall, Devizes. 10 for 10:15. TransWilts Transport Forum.

Interested in the future of public transport in Wiltshire? Please join us on 19th. What services should run in the future?  How do we best integrate and promote public transport and make them work in a time of reducing subsidy?  Information systems and working our what people want. "Friends of TransWilts".  Whether you're available to help us, or just want to come and listen you'll be very welcome.

"TransWilts"'s objective is to carry on activities which encourage and promote increasing usage of public and sustainable transport for benefit of people living in, working in and visiting Wiltshire. In particular we represent the interests of local transport users including rail, bus, cycle and other special interest groups in Swindon and Wiltshire, promoting improved connectivity between local services and  national networks.  Working with Wiltshire and other government organisations, with the rail industry and with the community our TransWilts Community Rail Partnership section has already helped boost passenger numbers on the Swindon to Westbury railway line during the current 3 year trial and we're now encompassing buses (connectional and otherwise) and sustainable transport to help affordably promote all publci transport in the county.

We're holding this meeting in DEVIZES as it'e easily reached by bus from all directions, and our 10 for 10:15 start fits neatly with bus schedules.  Please ask if you need assistance in getting to the meeting.

[grahame]

Agenda

10:00 Assemble and Refreshments
10:15 Keynote Speakers
11:00 Chairman^s Report and Update on Designated Service Status
11:30 Trans Wilts and Mid Wilts integrated bus-rail corridors
11:45 Survey Results
12:00 Membership Launch
12:30 Questions & Answers Session
13:00 Lunch
13:45 Community Rail Partnership Report
14:15 Bus Group Launch
14:45 Q&A and final wrap-up
15:00 Close

[grahame]

Keynote speaker announced ... Claire Perry MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context).  Claire Perry is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, with responsibility for rail fares, rail franchising, freight and logistics and transport agencies.

If you have any interest in public transport to, from, through of within Wiltshire, we would love to have yoous company - and please pass this on http://atrebatia.info/forumpromote.pdf