About you
3. What is your name?
Name / Ainm
Alexander yates
A. Needs
1. What do island residents, businesses, and other ferry users need in the short, medium and long term from Scottish Government-supported ferry services?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
I want to be able to visit an island that is clearly visible from my own window anytime I so desire. Not at all
2. Are current services meeting the needs and sustainability of island and remote rural communities and businesses? This includes the provision of secure employment for those working for ferry services.
Please provide your response in the box provided.
No I can not seem to board any day preferred by me
3. Are current services meeting the needs of mainland communities and businesses, including visitors?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
No
4. Are service needs different at different times of the year?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Yes
5. Which needs are better met by other modes of transport, e.g. air, where available?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
I can travel abroad to the sun any time I choose
6. How should the Scottish Government support council-run ferry services?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Create a better service to the island of Arran
7. How can ferry users and island communities be involved in decision making at strategic and operational level?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Create a better service
B. Institutions and funding
1. What institutional and funding arrangements would most likely deliver service patterns, vessels, and crewing arrangements that meet the needs of current and potential future ferry users?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Create a better service
2. Can the current tri-partite arrangement (Transport Scotland, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL), Ferry Operator) for managing most ferry service provision be improved?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Yes anything would be better than the current situation and timetable
3. Can current tendering arrangements be improved, e.g. through service unbundling?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Hopefully
4. Can Scottish Government subsidies be better deployed to meet the needs of current and future ferry users?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Yes
5. Are current services providing best value for the taxpayer?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
No
C. Vessels and crews
1. What size and types of vessels are required?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
More transport capabilities
2. What type of sustainable propulsion systems (including energy-use and moves to low carbon systems) would meet the needs of ferry services?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
I do not know
3. How can we ensure ferries are compatible with harbour facilities?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Don't know
4. What type of onboard crew accommodation is required?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Don't know
5. Current procurement criteria and processes: what are their strengths and weaknesses? Are they “future proofed” to accommodate new technologies and the need for sustainable low-carbon travel?
Please provide your response in the box provided.
Don't know