ePetition details

Make the number 12 bus twice per hour again.

We the undersigned petition the council to Please reinstate the old frequency of the number 12 stagecoach bus, that runs from Deal, Ringwould, Whitefield, and Canterbury.

•Peak hours for education and employment should be fiercely protected. A 30-minute frequency during peak morning and afternoon travel times is a vital community lifeline. Reinstating half-hourly buses during these windows (if not all) ensures that students and workers can travel efficiently, arrive focused, and get home at a reasonable hour to rest, study, and maintain their well-being.
•An hourly bus schedule makes commuting to work in locations along this route completely unviable for residents. Workers cannot rely on a service where getting a reasonable amount of sleep and free time causes them to be a full hour late for a shift. This restriction forces people to turn down employment opportunities, limits the local workforce, and punishes low-income workers who cannot afford to drive or take the train.
• When a service is cut by 50%, the remaining buses have to carry double the passenger load. During morning and afternoon peak hours, crowding the general public, elderly shoppers, workers, and school/college students onto a single hourly bus creates unsafe, stressful, and overcrowded traveling conditions for everyone on board.

This ePetition runs from 11/09/2026 to 11/12/2026.

One person has signed this ePetition.