The £14 Million “Road to Nowhere”: The True Cost of Swansea’s Bendy Buses. It’s been 17 years since the infamous ‘ftrMetro’ bendy buses first rolled onto our streets. While the purple vehicles are now mostly scrap or in museums, taxpayers and local businesses are still feeling the legacy of this doomed project. Here is the breakdown of the costs. £14 MILLION in Public Money: Spent on tearing up city centre roads like The Kingsway and Orchard Street to accommodate the 61ft-long vehicles. £400,000 PER BUS: Private operator First invested millions into the fleet, only for the service to be scrapped just six years later for being "uneconomic" to run. Business Loss: Local traders reported a massive drop in footfall during three years of roadworks. Historic institutions like JT Morgan blamed the disruptive road changes for helping push them into administration. Redesign Costs: After the scheme failed, more taxpayer money had to be spent to redesign The Kingsway again to fix the "counter-intuitive" layout. Beyond the money, the unconventional road layout was cited by inquests as a contributing factor in the tragic deaths of two pedestrians. Was it a "terrific project" or a "vanity project" that failed the city? #Swansea #WalesNews #Taxpayers #BendyBus #TransportFail #TheKingsway #LocalGovernment

Okay, it was handy to have shuttle to Merseyrail after arriving the Birkenhead from Belfast this morning. But WHY no reasonable public transport to the night ferry in either Liverpool or Belfast? Total #TransportFail @StenaLineUKIE

Heidi Alexander - stop watching London grind to a halt. Use your powers under the Minimum Service Levels Act NOW to keep Tube trains running during strikes. London can’t afford endless chaos while you hesitate. Step up or step aside! #LondonTubeStrike #TransportFail

So spent £6 on day ticket & then another £4.80 on non First buses to go out for a few hours & waited between buses for ages each way. You’d think if councils want us to drive less they’d make buses more regular & connections better. Esp at weekends & peak times 🙄#TransportFail

👵👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families and elderly left confused. No announcements. ℹ️ Only those who asked told to rush to Fort. ⏰ At 5AM, how could people find transport? ⚠️ This shows poor planning and lack of accountability. #JaffnaTrain #TransportFail

Public Transport Chaos: Nepalgunj-Surkhet Route! Overloaded vehicles, reckless driving, unnecessary stops-who’s monitoring this? why no action? Passengers suffer daily! @TrafficNepal, @Hello_Sarkaar #TransportFail #AccountabilityNeeded

Inaugurated with much pomp on June 5th, the ₹55,000 crore Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway is already falling apart in just 20 days. Cracks, cave-ins, shoddy surfacing is this how MSRDC ensures safety? This isn’t “development”, isn't it daylight robbery of taxpayers’ money? Who approved such substandard work? Who will take responsibility? Or will this be another BJP photo-op project that collapses while ministers cut ribbons? #TransportFail #NagpurMumbaiExpressway #MSRDC #CorruptionExpressway #DriveWithCaution #MaharashtraMatters @PawarSpeaks @supriya_sule @DrFauziaKhanNCP @Jayant_R_Patil @AnilDeshmukhNCP @shindespeaks @RRPSpeaks @NCPspeaks

५ जून रोजी मुंबई-नागपूर समृद्धी महामार्गाचं उद्घाटन झालं. आता फक्त २० दिवसांतच त्याची अवस्था बघा. ५५,००० कोटी रुपयांच्या खर्चाने हा महामार्ग बांधण्यात आला होता. mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-… #MSRDC #DriveWithCaution #UnsafeExpressways #TransportFail #msrdc #nagpurmumbaiexpressway

Samruddhi Mahamarg: Weeks after grand opening, craters appear on Rs 1182-crore stretch. mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-ne… #MSRDC #DriveWithCaution #UnsafeExpressways #TransportFail #msrdc #samruddhimahamarg #nagpurmumbaiexpressway @CMOMaharashtra @mid_day @MSRDCLtd @HSPMaharashtra @DGPMaharashtra @mumbaimatterz @SachinKalbag

The absolute s**tshow continues. 🤦‍♂️ No return to service date. No wonder people on Arran are pulling out their hair. Where is the accountability & when is the Transport Minister finally going to lose their job over this fiasco?! #SNPout #IslandChaos #TransportFail

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗛𝗔: The German railway system, famed for its punctuality, had let me down at the worst possible time. #RoadClosures #TransportDisruptions #InfrastructureChallenges #TransportFail Read more - ow.ly/RxSF50VCp4C

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗛𝗔: We like to say Addis stands shoulder to shoulder with Frankfurt in technological capabilities. #RoadClosures #TransportDisruptions #InfrastructureChallenges #TransportFail Read more - ow.ly/MwfW50VCeav

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗛𝗔: A major religious celebration had turned roads around Mekedonia into a parking lot. #RoadClosures #TransportDisruptions #TransportFail Read more - ow.ly/RsCx50VBzM1

🎅 Day 9 of "Can You Afford a Labour Christmas?" Advent Videos 🎥🎥 🎄🤣 🚂 All aboard the Labour Let-Down Express! 🚂 Please fill in my latest Survey 👉craig-smith.uk/labourchristm… From the Ivanhoe Line to local investment, it seems if it’s good for North West Leicestershire, Labour wants it scrapped. If they had their way, they’d cancel Christmas next! 🎄 Don’t worry I’m here to fight for what matters to our community. #cancelcultureparty #craig4coalville #coalville #allchangeplease #OneOfOurOwn #backontrack #railwayrevival #LevellingDown #missedthetrain #derailingprogress #tracktonowhere #transportfail #restoringourrailways #BuildingBritain #InfrastructureMatters

"Omg, who forgot to secure that car on the transport? This is an accident waiting to happen! 🚗🔧 #TransportFail #SafetyFirst #CloseCall"

It’s not just inconvenient—it’s irresponsible. If children are to use public transport then surely the council needs to ensure it's reliable and accessible for everyone. This needs fixing now! 🚌🚫👎 #TransportFail #CouncilFail #UNCRCFail

STELLA - not even a #fosterfail BUT a #transportfail. That sure must have been pure love in the car, that day. ❤️💕❤️💕❤️🐾🐾

This country should be kicking up a storm about how there’s electric trains in the UK reaching end-of-life when huge chocks of the country *still* aren’t electrified. But then we were never in it all together, we’re we? #transportFail

Is your reason for thinking you're best placed for the job "because I'm deluded" ? #TransportFail #JusticeFail #HealthFail

Breaking news: trains on the Werribee and Williamstown lines are delayed because the state government can't seem to invest in reliable public transportation. Just another day in paradise, amiright? #transportfail #victoria #MetroTrains #ChatGPT