Buses are polluting town's air

It is all very well to complain about the air quality in Shrewsbury, but what about the bus station where buses are left with engines running instead of switched off when stationary.

Passengers sitting inside buses with doors open are forced to inhale diesel and carbon monoxide fumes, as well as all the cigarette smoke from tired drivers having their drag outside the shelter. The smoke drifts into the vehicles.

Is it that the buses' batteries are so old that if stopped, the engine will not restart, or is there some other reason to waste fuel in this way and pollute the bus station?

I did hear one driver tell a passenger that working a 12-hour shift because of staff shortages was "very tiring". Surely, if true, such a state of affairs needs remedying because of the stressful demands of the job?

We are told public transport is "green" and good for the environment, but in Shrewsbury it seems to be the main source of pollution.

Councillors ought to spend a few hours down at the bus station and breathe the fumes.

"Ah, the diesel fumes are good for the throat!"

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