Pindar Creative and West Yorkshire PTE obviously don't think so.
I did this exercise back in August, and for the past few months I have attempted to engage with both parties, with an aim of getting the map corrected at no cost to the travelling public or the operators. I have however failed in that, so I reluctantly decided to put this online so that hopefully the 2013 map (if indeed there is to be one) can be accurate.
Wharfedale is a part of Yorkshire historically starved of investment, in comparison with Leeds etc. Key towns such as Ilkley, Otley and Wetherby are among the most affluent places in the North of England - which brings its own issues. That said, smaller operators such as Connexions Buses, TLC Travel, Pride of the Dales and Arrive in Style do a fantastic job in penetrating the area with their mix of commercial and tendered services, along with some services operated by First and by Transdev. That the county boundary is the River Wharfe for much of its way does lead to the situation where a number of villages north of the river have no service at all, including Middleton (north Ilkley), Denton and Askwith.
All this however is no excuse for forty errors. Here is the link to the map on the WYPTE site, and here follow two maps (west and east) annotated with numbers:
And the errors that I have found:
General
previous maps had non-served major roads shown in grey. Suggest this is continued for motorways, A roads, and any road where it is clearer to show part purple, part grey rather than showing blue or green. This should make it clearer for users to get their bearings.
Also lost from older versions of WYPTE's maps is the annotation used for services where 'certain journeys only' go via a diverted route.
001 this stretch of Leeds road has no public service
002 Mayfield Avenue has no public service
003 Clifton Road and Margerison Road have no public service
004 Wheatley Road has no public service
005 this road is served (one direction only, SE bound) by route 903
006 This loop should be marked as route 903 (which runs both ways around the loop)
007 This terminal point should be further east
008 The road here is called Meagill Rise - Weston Drive is the south bit only
009 two roads shown here are not bus served (one doesn't even exist).
010 route 940 does not run along The Crossways
011 in both these places, 940 is one way only (in the opposite direction to the 965)
012 On The Gills, route 940 is one way (westbound)
013 Direction arrows needed: eastbound on Cattle Market Street, westbound on Courthouse Street, northbound on Kirkgate. Also service information: on Kirkgate 965, and on Wesley street 940 (no arrow) and 965 (southbound arrow).
014 purple road needs to be shown to the West of waitrose (the route traversed by service 962 in one direction is waitrose car park, NOT the road Well Hill
015 not clear that the arrow here relates to service 962 and not to X53
016 route 653 does not go along Station Road, nor serve Menston rail station
017 this bit of Bingley Road is not served by bus services
018 location of Guiseley Morrisons (terminal stop) is a little further east than shown
019 route X52 is missing at this location
020 route x99 starts at Wetherby Bus station rather than calls (though I suppose it doesn't terminate, as it runs in one direction only) - UPDATE DEC 2012 ignore this comment as First have introduced a route X99 also and so this bit of the map has become correct
021 missing section of road to be added, Privas Way A168 - for route 412 (black - one journey each way) - however on observing the service on the ground the bus actually goes a different way (the way in the next point) however that is not what the route description says. The operator has so far not responded to email requests, and WYPTE don't seem to be in any rush to clarify it either. Either way, it doesn't go the way the map suggests.
022 missing section of road to be added, Privas Way A168 - for route 780 (red) and X70 (red)
023 it is route 412 NOT route 413 that has one journey each way going to Walton and Thorpe Arch. The previous edition of this map was correct, so not sure how an error has slipped into this version
024 route 413 does NOT run at this location - should be 412 only
025 the missing bit of York Road needs to be filled in, and marked 412 (red) and 413 (black, west arrow)
026 the route here (Main Street) needs to refer to 411 (black, east arrow), 412 (black, east arrow) and 413 (black, east arrow)
027 Rudgate - this routes here are 411 (black, north arrow), 412 (red) and 413 (black, south arrow)
028 Please add a note that the route here is 413 (black, east arrow)
029 route x70 does NOT take this road (no buses do)
030 the correct routes for this point are: 98 (black, clockwise arrow), 99 (black, clockwise arrow), 780 (red), X70 (red), X98 (red, clockwise arrow) UPDATE DEC 2012 delete 98 and 99 and add X99 (black, clockwise arrow)
031 the correct routes for this point are 98 (black, south arrow), 99 (black, south arrow), 411 (black, south arrow), 413 (black), X98 (red, south arrow) UPDATE DEC 2012 delete 98 and 99 and add X99 (black, south arrow)
032 411 should have a southbound arrow, and 413 should be black (only two journeys a day)
033 The continuation here should say (please) "413 to York and Hunsingore" (with 413 in black) there is no need to mention 411 as that is a one-way only service
034 the terminus location of X70 is marked by the blue X, not as shown on the map
035 Crossley Street to be marked as route 77 (red, east arrow) and 923 (red, east arrow) - this particular bit of route 923 qualifies for red, but the majority of the rest of the route doesn't UPDATE DEC 2012 since the map was produced and my corrections written, route 77 has been withdrawn
036 Perhaps the continuation here could be positioned so as to serve both roads, and read "411 to Wetherby and Hunsingore 412 413 to York" (with 411 and 413 in black, and 412 in red)
037 route 923 from Bardsey to Scarcroft Moss Syke could be shown in red
038 route 923 (black, west arrow) needs to be shown here also
039 route X70 doesn't terminate at Wetherby bus station any more (some journeys do, but that is not how the style guide for the map is intended to work)
040 perhaps add that York Road here is served by 743 840 843 844 845
To ensure that any future Wharfedale map (whether online only or printed) is correct, I will offer to both Pindar Creative and West Yorkshire PTE to review the draft free of charge.
Can anyone else see any errors that I have missed?
