People, who visit, live or work in Oldbury can have their say on bus, rail and Metro services across the West Midlands at a special “Your Public Transport Matters” event taking place next to the war memorial on Halesowen Street on Wednesday (August 11, 2010).

Transport authority Centro, passenger groups Bus Users UK and Passenger Focus, and some of the companies that run bus and Metro services in the region will be available on two buses parked next to the war memorial outside Sainsbury’s to take people’s views.

Feedback from the event, which is taking place between 10am and 3pm, will then be looked at closely by transport bosses and used to make improvements to the local bus, rail and Metro network.

Kerry Meredith, Customer Relations Team Leader at Centro, said: “If we’re going to provide people with a public transport that provides a real alternative to the car, we need to make sure we provide the services they want.

“The Your Public Transport Matters events are the perfect opportunity to really understand the needs of the passenger and non-user, and we will be working with the transport operators to feed them into the region’s public transport network.

“We look forward to people giving us their views, particularly about how we can make connections between different services easier, quicker and more convenient.”