Brighton and Hove Buses backs the biosphere bid (From The Argus)
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Brighton and Hove Buses backs the biosphere bid
9:40am Saturday 16th March 2013 in News
Back the Biosphere promoted on the back of a Brighton and Hove Bus
A bid to get world protection for an environment has literally received the backing of this bus.
Public bodies, environmentalists and schools have come together to get Unesco status for the Brighton and Hove and Lewes area.
As part of the campaign “for a world class environment”, Brighton and Hove Bus Company has agreed to include details of it on the back of one of its vehicles.
The scheme is part of a wider consultation to inform the public about the bid and to ask them whether they support it.
For more details, visit www.biospherehere.org.uk.
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Comments(24)
HJarrs
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10:00am Sat 16 Mar 13
Hove Actually
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10:05am Sat 16 Mar 13
UNESCO =
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Biosphere = just another buzz word that means absolutely anything anyone wants it to
Dealing with idiots
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10:10am Sat 16 Mar 13
Hove Actually wrote:You mean its all a sham?
And for those of us that don't know what the frack this is all about UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Biosphere = just another buzz word that means absolutely anything anyone wants it to
HJarrs
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10:13am Sat 16 Mar 13
george smith
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10:26am Sat 16 Mar 13
Maxwell's Ghost
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10:26am Sat 16 Mar 13
Bizarre.
fredaj
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10:44am Sat 16 Mar 13
Hove Actually wrote:Isn't a biosphere one of those sci-fi domes that keeps all the pollution in and the riff-raff out?
And for those of us that don't know what the frack this is all about
UNESCO =
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Biosphere = just another buzz word that means absolutely anything anyone wants it to
Hove Actually
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10:46am Sat 16 Mar 13
HJarrs wrote:I hate the fact I have to drive to work, but working shifts in 12 miles away means I have to.
I know the petrol heads won't like it but I don't see what is objectionable to the aspiration of becoming a biosphere reserve.
I hate the fact it costs more for a family of four to travel into town by bus when all the cash stolen (?) from car ownership was meant to improve public transport
I hate the fact petrol is so expensive and we are now being made to drive at the most uneconomic speed in areas that a mobility scooter can pass me by
I hate the fact cyclists don't bother using the 50%+ of the roadway that has been segregated for them (even though they are not legally required to do so)
I hate the fact that everyone lies when screwing the car owner or "petrol head" when claiming it's Bio or green or environmental when what they really means is easy cash machine.
If "they" were really Bio aware there would be a Park & Ride scheme and joined up plans to meet the needs and wishes of all the stakeholders, not just the knee jerk reaction that never seems to work
fredflintstone1
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10:46am Sat 16 Mar 13
HJarrs wrote:Simply because this is a huge waste of public money, bringing no tangible benefits, and taking money away from the needy and vulnerable. It's yet another egotistical vanity project for the Greens.
I know the petrol heads won't like it but I don't see what is objectionable to the aspiration of becoming a biosphere reserve.
Have you forgotten that only last month, Labour wanted to cut the budget for the Biosphere Bid by 50%, specifically wanting to use this money to help the poorest in society, targeting the savings to help the homeless?
I guess painting this sign on the back of a bus is payback to the Council from B&H Buses for the millions of pounds of public money they're received to help their business through the construction of bus lanes?
Amazing, they're still allowed to continue charging extortionate fares that will do nothing to get people out of their cars.
Maxwell's Ghost
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10:58am Sat 16 Mar 13
And don't forget there are two recycling centres in the city yet the one in Hove closes on a Saturday so all the city's cars and vans come up little old narrow 20mph Coombe Road to reach Wilson Avenue where they sit on a summers day for an hour waiting to recycle waste.
We can't wait for this summer now the Lewes Road bus lane is in operation because currently Coombe Road has a traffic queue from top to bottom all day thanks to the Eco bus lane vanity scheme so I can't imagine what this area will be like when the summer recycling and gardening season starts.
But at least the private profit making bus company has been given swathes of road to make more profit for its shareholders.
I will be checking to ensure council tax payers are not funding any resurfacing activities in these privately owned stretches of lane in future. That must be funded by the shareholders.
That would be wrong.
50 Shades of Grey Mortuary Services Inc.
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11:03am Sat 16 Mar 13
upsidedowntuctuc
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11:19am Sat 16 Mar 13
Of course we would love to drive Hydrogen powered cars but they are not available nor is the fuel
Some might arrive in 2016 but will cost in excess of £100,000 each
Davey Crokedhead and his crew are looking into funding 10 Hydrogen Pumps in the City believe it or not! Nothing to pop the stuff in but what a lovely spin factor along with a biosphere!
On the subject of smelly things going up Coldean Lane anyone got behind Davey Crockhead on his bike after a night on the Real Ale and Mung Shoots??
John Steed
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11:21am Sat 16 Mar 13
george smith wrote:couldnt put it better myself so I will not try.
Brilliant gravy train for those with irrelevant qualifications, huge egos and a lot of front. They usually speak in those patronizing soft whispering voices.
Boing Boing.
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11:54am Sat 16 Mar 13
Maxwell's Ghost wrote:A bus passing through Coldean!! A rare sight indeed!
Does that include the bus which was absolutely belching thick black smoke out as it trundled up Coldean Lane last week.
The number 251 was stamped on the back window and some ad message about it being a breeze by bus.
More of a smog would be more accurate.
Timetable says 3 an hour each way till evening, though living near 2 bus stops either side of the road, I often wonder!!
RottingdeanRant
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12:42pm Sat 16 Mar 13
wexler53
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12:50pm Sat 16 Mar 13
11:21am Sat 16 Mar 13
george smith wrote:
Brilliant gravy train for those with irrelevant qualifications, huge egos and a lot of front. They usually speak in those patronizing soft whispering voices.
couldnt put it better myself so I will not try.”
Indeed...
L bailey
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1:24pm Sat 16 Mar 13
Boing Boing.
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2:33pm Sat 16 Mar 13
2...1....Due.......2 min!- then not turn up!!
thevoiceoftruth
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4:53pm Sat 16 Mar 13
Maxwell's Ghost
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8:08pm Sat 16 Mar 13
My wife and I did a bus/walk challenge today to head into Brighton from
bear road and we left home at the same time.
I walked to the bus stop on the alewes Road and she walked to Churchill square.
I overtook her on the bus but she beat me by 12 minutes as my bus sat in a queue of buses in north street for ages.
Public transport is so slow. Not only that it was full of foreign student playing dreadful pop music from crappy mobile phones throughout the whole journey.
My missus rekons its quicker to buy a disability scooter and get into town rather than get the bus.
We are looking for a disability tandem scooter and will update you on our speed into town.
ghost bus driver
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8:17pm Sat 16 Mar 13
Maxwell's Ghost wrote:Yeah that was one of the two we got second hand from Newbury Buses. Heaps of junk the pair of them.
Does that include the bus which was absolutely belching thick black smoke out as it trundled up Coldean Lane last week.
The number 251 was stamped on the back window and some ad message about it being a breeze by bus.
More of a smog would be more accurate.
ghost bus driver
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12:04am Mon 18 Mar 13
HJarrs wrote:No they are uncomfortable heaps of rubbish that drink more fuel than a diesel bus and when they switch to electric power all the heating goes off.
Argus, it's time for an update on the hybrid buses introduced last year. Have they reduced emissions, are they practical to drive and maintain and comfortable to use? Any plans to introduce more?
ghost bus driver
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12:06am Mon 18 Mar 13
ghost bus driver wrote:btw that goes for bus 250 as well.
Maxwell's Ghost wrote:Yeah that was one of the two we got second hand from Newbury Buses. Heaps of junk the pair of them.
Does that include the bus which was absolutely belching thick black smoke out as it trundled up Coldean Lane last week.
The number 251 was stamped on the back window and some ad message about it being a breeze by bus.
More of a smog would be more accurate.
Maxwell's Ghost says...
9:48am Sat 16 Mar 13
The number 251 was stamped on the back window and some ad message about it being a breeze by bus.
More of a smog would be more accurate.