I THANK Coun Janet Hopton for supporting my bid to get the route of the Arriva bus from Rufforth to Acomb changed to take in Ridgeway on to Front Street to transport elderly and infirm people to the doctors' at Gale Farm Surgery.

The newly-introduced service of Dial and Ride may be of use to people on a Monday.

It is not, however, a solution to our problem.

Firstly, because patients can only book an appointment one day ahead at the surgery and, secondly, because most people cannot just decide when they are going to feel ill and in need of a doctor.

The number one priority has got to be concern for a safe arrival, and the traffic island at Greenside Garage is not a safe place for elderly people to try to cross.

So it looks as if we are still going to pay £11 taxi fares until we get this route changed.

Mrs C P Hogarth,

Bradley Crescent,

Rufforth,

York.

Updated: 09:26 Friday, April 22, 2005