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UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2003

Variable Details

Variablespec19
LabelOther way buses could be improved
Responses
ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF PAYMENT FOR EXAMPLE AUTOMATIC FARE REGISTRATION FOLLOWED BY BILL FOR PAYMENT.TRA 1
Back into council control and it will improve service, private interested in money 1
Better publicity for the bus route 1
Better security for drivers 1
Local buses cannot reach this spot - too isolated 1
More buses at school time 1
More early morning services 1
My area is not well served by the local buses,only at Christmas are there free bus services for people of my age, I do not use it then ,I would have to walk a mile and a half to reach a bus stop 1
NOT MEETING NEEDS OF RESIDENTS. THEY SHOULD BE TIMED TO MEET TRAINS. AND WHAT ABOUT A VERY SMALL MINIBUS FOR LOCAL VILLAGES BECAUSE IT IS VERY WASTEFUL FOR QUITE BIG BUSES TO DO THE JOURNEYS CARRYING ONLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE PASSENGERS 1
No buses services in this area 1
No buses services in this service 1
OAPs TRAVEL FREE PROVIDED THEY HAVE A BUS PASS 1
PROPER BUS LANE 1
Send time tables to home 1
The size of the community precludes change and ring and ride services are good 1
There is no bus service in this area 1
Want a bus shelter 1
abolish fares\give free service funded by council tax 1
always comes together 1
better bus shelter 1
better publicity of the bus service to the public 1
bus conductors 1
buses too small at peak times which is daft when more members of the public are being encouraged to travel - tonight all huddled together yet driver 'driving like a madman' 1
do not have a bus service 1
don't use the buses enough to give opinion on the service 1
free buses 1
integrate buses with other transport system 1
late night buses (after 11pm) 1
less anti-social behaviour (swearing) 1
more bus lanes 1
more bus services in morning for school 1
more bus shelters 1
more buses at rush hour 1
more buses generally 2
more convenient bus station 1
more direct routes 1
more room for my knees and more room for the elderly to manouvre 1
morning service required 1
night as opposed to evenings 1
safety for lone female passengers 1
short journeys should be cheaper 1
tables on which to work 1
there are no bus services in this village 1
there is no public service in this village, it is a mile to the nearest bus stop for a public bus, ie the nearest village 1
there should be more buses through the night 1
to be nationalised as in the past 1
warmer & more comfortable 1
warmer too cold in the winter 1
we have no service at all, we will be very trapped when we get older, we would definetly use the service to the local town 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, October 2003
Interviewer InstructionsPLEASE RECORD OTHER. REMEMBER TO RE-CODE 1 TO 16 WHERE POSSIBLE
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.