Mr Steve Burns This is Me

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1. 1. www.bucksherald.co.uk

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   Published on: 4/3/2008   Last Visited: 4/5/2008

   Steve Burns, joint managing director of Carousel, criticised teachers for not doing enough to tackle the troublemakers.
   
   But the school say they have worked hard to forge a positive relationship with Carousel.
   
   Mr Burns said bad behaviour included spitting at the driver, pushing out windows, climbing in through the emergency door, stealing fire extinguishers, vandalising the onboard security cameras, igniting aerosol cans, and running from one side of the bus to the other in an attempt to tip it over.
   
   The worst incident occurred on an afternoon in December when every single seat from the top deck was broken in half.
   
   Mr Burns said: "It got to the point where we could not guarantee the safety of the passengers because of the misbehaviour, so we took the decision to withdraw the service."
   
   He added that repeated calls to the school in order to identify the culprits fell on deaf ears.
   
   He claimed: "The school washed their hands of it.

2. 2. www.bfp.co.uk

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   Published on: 3/26/2008   Last Visited: 3/26/2008

   Steve Burns, managing director of Carousel, said: "We tried everything we could to get behaviour on the buses to improve, but we have received zero support from Misbourne School.

3. 3. www.bucksfreepress.co.uk

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   Published on: 11/30/2007   Last Visited: 11/30/2007

   Steve Burns, director of Carousel buses, believes more needs to be done to help public transport beat the traffic before people will consider using it.
   
   He said: "The problem is there are no bus priority measures, the buses sit in the same traffic as cars.
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   Mr Burns, who has run Carousel in the town for seven years, said: "Twenty pence isn't going to make anybody get out of the car and onto the bus."
   
   He added putting the parking prices up was like trying to "force" people on to buses and it would not work."We would rather our passengers travel with us because they chose to because they felt it was a better means of transport," he said.
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   How did Mr Burns ever get to be a director of Carousel, he clearly has no idea as to the real reason why people don't use the buses.15 mins is not going to bother most people in a queue.A bus not arriving or costing a small fortune to go a few miles might be a reason.It's simple business sense.How did Mr Burns ever get to be a director of Carousel, he clearly has no idea as to the real reason why people don't use the buses.