Accessible Buses for Buchan Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/accessible-buses-for-buchan.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:48 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Stewart Stevenson MSP [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20042136?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2016 04:47:05 UTC 20042136 Susan Lamarsh [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20020683?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 May 2016 01:24:49 UTC 20020683 Anthony Walsh [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20018509?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 May 2016 07:49:27 UTC 20018509 Natasha Ironside [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20017194?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2016 06:08:33 UTC 20017194 Anonymous [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20017099?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2016 05:32:40 UTC 20017099 Karen Mackenzie [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20017062?utm_medium=rss These buses are unsafe espcially for young families and less mobile. If buses are unable to change any time soon then should at least make it so drivers are not to move off until all passengers are seated and also have more stop buttons throughout so not necessary for passengers to get up and navigate around or down stairs while bus is in motion as it's just a disaster waiting to happen. I hate taking my 2yr old on these new buses for fear of her falling either down stairs to emergency exit or down the deep steps to main exit while bus is moving as this leaves her unsteady on her feet and there's not enough room to allow me to carry her either

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 05:16:32 UTC 20017062 Anonymous [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20016784?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2016 03:43:24 UTC 20016784 Lorraine Paterson [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20016529?utm_medium=rss They are useless and very dangerous. I have witnessed several people falling, the bus being very late because the equipment for the motorised disability scooter did not work and elderly and disabled people having no choice but struggle up the stairs because the seat was already taken. Also people stumbling close to the stairs when trying to get the bus to stop.

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 02:42:46 UTC 20016529 Anonymous [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20016332?utm_medium=rss These buses are more suited for long journeys, and not for elderly, disabled, or families, who need to use public transport for shopping, etc.

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 01:38:38 UTC 20016332 Anonymous [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20016106?utm_medium=rss Ludicrous

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 11:58:16 UTC 20016106 Sandra Smith [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20015965?utm_medium=rss The steps in the buses are very high. I am able bodied and they are a job for me so I can see how some struggle. The buses aren't very accessible at all.

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 10:49:37 UTC 20015965 Anonymous [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20015462?utm_medium=rss The design of these buseswith storage underneath for bycycles etc is completely ubsuitable for the area. In a rural area the passengers should have first consideration.

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 06:59:31 UTC 20015462 Dorothy Forsyth [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20015410?utm_medium=rss Awful buses,terrible uneven stairs,most definitely not fit for purpose!

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 06:13:45 UTC 20015410 Peter Chapman [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20015342?utm_medium=rss It is absolutely vital that we have the correct infrastructure in place for rural communities - accessible public transport is an important part of that overall aim.

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 05:12:22 UTC 20015342 Anonymous [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20015253?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2016 03:41:07 UTC 20015253 Alex Johnstone [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20015245?utm_medium=rss I will be contacting Stagecoach on this matter.

]]> Thu, 26 May 2016 03:28:23 UTC 20015245 Doreen Duncan [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20015239?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2016 03:13:49 UTC 20015239 Frances Lamb [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20014372?utm_medium=rss Dundee said "no".
They were bought cheap from Holland.

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 05:03:59 UTC 20014372 Shirly Dyson [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20014200?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2016 03:29:29 UTC 20014200 Mike McWhinnie [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20014009?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2016 01:50:35 UTC 20014009 George Dick [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20013170?utm_medium=rss There have been so many complaints about this, I think Stagecoach should listen more to the people who actually use the buses!

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 05:58:57 UTC 20013170 carol anderson [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20013159?utm_medium=rss These new busses no use for elderly especially leaving them isolated in their homes where before they would have went on the bus to do shopping etc get them out. Also people with any physical disability can find it hard to get up the stair or down.

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 05:51:10 UTC 20013159 Rosalind Dick [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20013158?utm_medium=rss If the buses had easier access and seating for disabled it would lead, more than likely, to more people using the service which would benefit all!

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 05:50:53 UTC 20013158 Lewis Macdonald [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20013082?utm_medium=rss Easy access to public transport is vital for disabled people, elderly residents and families with young children, especially in rural areas.

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 04:59:29 UTC 20013082 Anonymous [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20013078?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2016 04:56:43 UTC 20013078 Sam Milton [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20012985?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2016 03:11:35 UTC 20012985 Denise Coutts [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20012971?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2016 03:00:12 UTC 20012971 Annette West [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20012965?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2016 02:51:03 UTC 20012965 carol munro [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20012962?utm_medium=rss I don't use your buses as have been told how difficult they are to get up to seats. I've had a knee replacement and other knee not good and nd have difficulty going up and down steps. Ok you have 2 seats for people like me. But what happens if you've 2 people already on these seat when you get to Mintlaw. I would have to wait until the next one but that could go on for hours and by then I could have missed appointments or I might get to Aberdeen to be stranded there. Not a nice situation to be in.

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 02:49:52 UTC 20012962 Lesley Beaty [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20012953?utm_medium=rss Buses company's in this country need to take a leaf out of Americas book as a lot of their buses the front seats lift to make room for more wheelchairs,why should wheelchair users have to book a space and not expect to get on like their abled bodied counterparts

]]> Wed, 25 May 2016 02:41:44 UTC 20012953 Ross Thomson [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20012902?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2016 01:47:45 UTC 20012902 Maggie Cooper [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20012047?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 04:31:48 UTC 20012047 Anonymous [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011929?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 03:27:23 UTC 20011929 Iris Keith [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011836?utm_medium=rss I don't use these buses personally but they look really awful.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 02:40:48 UTC 20011836 Tracy Thain [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011738?utm_medium=rss I have fibromyalgia and it's impossible to climb the stairs.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 01:45:04 UTC 20011738 Satiah Pathak [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011684?utm_medium=rss Nice move

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 01:11:33 UTC 20011684 Elaine Michie [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011613?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 12:18:39 UTC 20011613 Anonymous [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011565?utm_medium=rss I have problems with my knees and I cannot go on these buses at all!

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 11:44:32 UTC 20011565 Yvonne Farrell [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011438?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 10:24:20 UTC 20011438 Anonymous [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011143?utm_medium=rss The buses are simply not serving the public properly. There are a number of elderly, disabled and other members of the public who cannot climb such a steep and narrow staircase. The previous fleet of buses were much more suitable.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 07:47:17 UTC 20011143 Eric Gilmour [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011112?utm_medium=rss These buses are not easily accessible. The design is such that it is more suited to much longer journeys from point to point rather than multi-pick up, multi-drop that these rural routes demand. The stair configuration is such that they are very awkward even for those that are not officially designated as disabled. Additionally, there are only 2 seats behind the driver for those that cannot manage the stairs. This is half the normal number on any other bus. There are no competing buses on these routes and the paying public has no other public transport options. It's either take the bus that they procure on the cheap without consultation with the public, or drive. I find it utterly disgraceful that this privately owned company, whose chairman is a major contributor to a political party that maintains that bus regulation this manner, thinks so little of its customers, that it is happy to see them physically struggle to use their service when no other service is available. I have heard one of the inspectors trying to justify the introduction of these buses, stating how much they cost, and that they were bought "just for us", as if we should somehow be grateful.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 07:20:40 UTC 20011112 Anonymous [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011094?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 07:09:34 UTC 20011094 Anonymous [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011084?utm_medium=rss Get these off the road and replace them with buses for everyone to access. Should never have gotten past the design phase!

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 07:04:15 UTC 20011084 Pat Wilton [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011080?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 06:59:53 UTC 20011080 Satu Aarnisalmi [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20011022?utm_medium=rss New buses are ridiculous!! Heard soo many elderly complain about having to go up stairs when they are not confident at all incase they fall.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 06:11:06 UTC 20011022 Amber Pirie [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20010896?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 04:15:57 UTC 20010896 Anonymous [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20010871?utm_medium=rss Just wrong make seats down stairs too

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 03:48:22 UTC 20010871 Liv Brand [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20010846?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 03:26:45 UTC 20010846 Sharon Gardner [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20010782?utm_medium=rss Public transport should be accessible to everyone.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2016 02:22:57 UTC 20010782 Anonymous [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20010744?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 01:42:57 UTC 20010744 Anonymous [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20010736?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 01:38:19 UTC 20010736 Kelly Dobbie [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20010691?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2016 12:59:35 UTC 20010691 Anonymous [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20009692?utm_medium=rss Yes it's bonkers. What were they thinking.

]]> Mon, 23 May 2016 02:24:59 UTC 20009692 Yvonne Binnie [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20007557?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2016 04:20:37 UTC 20007557 Anonymous [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20007494?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2016 03:21:10 UTC 20007494 Bill Mott [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20007474?utm_medium=rss Steps uneven and dangerous especially when the bus is still moving. If you are carrying anything it is very difficult to come down the stairs.

]]> Sun, 22 May 2016 03:05:47 UTC 20007474 Sheila Pyper [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20007453?utm_medium=rss New buses not sutable for the elderly or the less mobile

]]> Sun, 22 May 2016 02:48:48 UTC 20007453 Avril Hendry [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20007445?utm_medium=rss Have disabled mother and sister. Totally unsuitable!!

]]> Sun, 22 May 2016 02:43:23 UTC 20007445 David Binnie [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20007296?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2016 12:48:17 UTC 20007296 Lynsey Duthie [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20006835?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2016 07:17:58 UTC 20006835 Melanie Mutch [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20006520?utm_medium=rss Consider the elderly and infirm

]]> Sun, 22 May 2016 04:37:41 UTC 20006520 Anonymous [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20006518?utm_medium=rss these buses will limit the travel older or disabled people can do.

]]> Sun, 22 May 2016 04:32:14 UTC 20006518 Heather Smith [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20006388?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2016 02:27:43 UTC 20006388 Anonymous [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20006371?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2016 02:14:39 UTC 20006371 Anonymous [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005949?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2016 05:01:47 UTC 20005949 Shirley Leask [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005880?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2016 04:18:51 UTC 20005880 Liz tallon [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005689?utm_medium=rss The elderly should NEVER have to suffer to get to where they need to be..they could have appointments, or need medical help, or shopping etc..they should not be hindered for their freedom!!!! Buses should be supplied in order to cope with elderly and disability and in this day and age it is mainly law!

]]> Sat, 21 May 2016 01:24:07 UTC 20005689 Betty Tocher [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005616?utm_medium=rss I find these buses impossible to use therefor I no longer can go to Aberdeen or anywhere that they run.

]]> Sat, 21 May 2016 12:14:33 UTC 20005616 Anonymous [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005614?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2016 12:11:02 UTC 20005614 Anonymous [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005606?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2016 12:05:56 UTC 20005606 Anonymous [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005579?utm_medium=rss A trial should have been carried out with elderly, disabled people and those with young children and heavy shopping. It would have been very obvious that these coaches are unsuitable at best and really rather dangerous for these users.

]]> Sat, 21 May 2016 11:44:03 UTC 20005579 Michelle Monaghan [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005486?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2016 10:11:47 UTC 20005486 Alexander Laird [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20005166?utm_medium=rss Designed and built as touring coaches, too many problems when using as short distance commuter Buses

]]> Sat, 21 May 2016 05:55:28 UTC 20005166 Linda Adamson [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19999557?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2016 04:02:45 UTC 19999557 Emma Slessor [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19999416?utm_medium=rss The buses are neither disabled friendly nor child friendly. You try getting up those steps with a toddler whilst having difficulties walking yourself!

]]> Thu, 19 May 2016 02:06:15 UTC 19999416 Anonymous [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19999337?utm_medium=rss I have witnessed a lot of people, elderly, disabled etc really struggling getting on/off these new buses. It's really not good enough... I feel it's just a matter of time before there's a serious incident... an accident waiting to happen!

]]> Thu, 19 May 2016 01:08:52 UTC 19999337 Susan Cantlay [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19999297?utm_medium=rss My son has cerebral palsy and uses the buses daily to travel to university in Aberdeen. He is having to come off the bus backwards due to the difficulty of the stairs. Many other passengers have had to help him off due to his disability. On the older style busses he managed perfectly well. This situation is not promoting his independant skills that we are working so hard to build up in preparation for his life after university.

]]> Thu, 19 May 2016 12:40:25 UTC 19999297 Jane Mott [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19998351?utm_medium=rss Buses need to be accessible fir all, especially the elderly or disabled who have no other means of transport.

]]> Wed, 18 May 2016 04:55:03 UTC 19998351 Anne Johnson [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19970822?utm_medium=rss Can't get upstairs and there are not enough disabled seats.

]]> Fri, 6 May 2016 12:01:27 UTC 19970822 Barbara Brand [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19875162?utm_medium=rss Two disabled seats on a bus are not enough. Stairs are too hard to climb.!!

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 05:37:29 UTC 19875162 Sheila Sorrell [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19873597?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2016 05:40:52 UTC 19873597 Anonymous [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19839166?utm_medium=rss These buses are hopeless for elderly and disabled passengers.

]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:30:43 UTC 19839166 tina houghton [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19837533?utm_medium=rss the people who most need to use this transport cannot use it, that is ridiculous.

]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2016 11:42:12 UTC 19837533 Anonymous [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19833471?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Mar 2016 05:19:34 UTC 19833471 Anne Barnes [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19833021?utm_medium=rss Unfit for disabled, elderly or mothers with prams.....therefore unfit for public service...

]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:41:16 UTC 19833021 Marjory Innes [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19832775?utm_medium=rss Please can we have accessible transport immediately

]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:24:59 UTC 19832775 Anonymous [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19832671?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Mar 2016 06:56:59 UTC 19832671 Anonymous [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19832631?utm_medium=rss A bus service should be able to transport folk from all walks of life from point a to point b.

The new buses are inaccessible for the elderly and those with mobility issues. The stairs are too steep yet stagecoach believe that more people than ever are using the service. This may be so but not the elderly or the vulnerable of our community. There is no appetite for the management to effect real change by refitting the stairwells on the new buses or removing them. Instead they are tinkering around the edges with minor modifications.
This bus service discriminates against the most vulnerable.

]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2016 06:29:58 UTC 19832631 Elaine Chessor [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19831829?utm_medium=rss My young boy age 4 finds it hard to go up stairs as they are just to steep and I have to carry him up the stairs . When I go shopping my boy normally comes with me . And it's really hard to carry bags of shopping plus carry William down the stairs . And as fo the seats they are too high up for William to get up on with out having to climb . As for the stairs going down to the toilet that's a joke as well as they are just to steep . And don't kno how health n safety passed the stairs at all . As for all the old people who gets on those buses I feel so sorry for them as I have seen heaps of times they struggle going up the stairs and almost falling down the stairs too . The buses are a joke .

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:58:42 UTC 19831829 Anonymous [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19831764?utm_medium=rss Not suitable. Not enough downstairs seats

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:19:57 UTC 19831764 Eleanor Stephen [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19831447?utm_medium=rss Steps on the busses

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 01:12:41 UTC 19831447 colin hossack [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19831219?utm_medium=rss These things are a danger to passengers because of the stairs!

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:37:41 UTC 19831219 sheila duthie [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19831005?utm_medium=rss change every 2nd bus to something more accessible and highlight it on the timetable. Diversity and equality should be the motto of a company of this standing

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:58:06 UTC 19831005 Kathleen Noble [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830976?utm_medium=rss Single decker buses are better

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:22:03 UTC 19830976 Edna Gibson [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830960?utm_medium=rss Stagecoach Buchan Xpress fleet is not suitable for the purpose

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 02:29:29 UTC 19830960 Anonymous [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830910?utm_medium=rss Yes these beautiful buses are not suitable for all passengers, my aunt 86 has had to stop using them ,

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:06:31 UTC 19830910 Andrea Stephen [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830676?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Mar 2016 08:26:03 UTC 19830676 David Blair [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830458?utm_medium=rss I used this type of bus once and have never used it again. I find it near impossible to negotiate the stairs as they are too high to lift my feet up to.

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2016 06:12:39 UTC 19830458 Anonymous [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830299?utm_medium=rss end of the day we pay their wages so give us more practical bus for commuting around the countryside.

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2016 04:43:29 UTC 19830299 Anonymous [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19830278?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Mar 2016 04:33:11 UTC 19830278