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          PARK AND RIDE FINANCIAL POSITION                             APPENDIX A

ON BUS TRANSACTIONS

Trend between October 2008 and June 2009

2007           2008           Difference

October                 46776                   45769                   -1007                   -2%

November              51347                   46987                   -4360                   -8%

December              54453                   54142                   -311            -1%

                                       2008           2009            Difference

January                 43901                   41504                   -2397                   -5%

February                41125                   36718                   -4407                   -11%

March                    40087                   40276                   +189              0%

April                      43474                   36350                   -7124                   -16%

May                       40978                   33875                   -7103                   -17%

June                      40186                   36080                   -4106                   -10%

July                       43119                   37237                   -5882                   -14%

Total                    445446        408938        -36508        -8%

The figures for March and April are distorted due to Easter being in March in 2008 and April in 2009.

Both cash sales of season tickets and those purchased for Maidstone Borough Council have remained stable. However from April 2009 Kent County Council reduced the number they purchase for their staff from 215 to 199 (a reduction of 8%), which has also affected the level of use of the additional spaces provided at Sittingbourne Road.

Reimbursement for acceptance of the national bus pass in 2009/10 is expected to be in the region of £200,000, which is just under £1.00 per return journey, slightly above the figure for 2008/09. This includes a standard flat rate payment per journey which is made to all operators towards additional operational costs.

The trend for the twenty two week period from the last week of February to the end of July shows an average decrease in revenue of 10%.  The figures for each site during this period are as follows;-

Comparison – March to the end of July.

2008           2009           Difference

Willington Street

Peak                      18977                   14207                   -4770                   -25%

Off peak                56417                   56221                   -  196                      0%

Total                      75394                   70428                   -4966                   - 7%

London Road

Peak                      17010                   13469                   -  3541        -21%

Off peak                60826                   48610                   -12216        -20%

Total                      77836                   62079                   -15757        -20%

Sittingbourne Road

Peak                      28472                   23779                   -4693                   -16%

Off peak                27602                   29943                  +2341                  + 8%

Total                      56074                   53722                   -2352                   - 4%

Total – all three sites

Peak                      64113                   51460                   -12653        -20%

Off peak             143709        134774                   -  8935        - 6%

Total                   207822        186234          -21588         -10%