I think that the outrage is mainly about a bus service that is paid for by Central Government (and then KCC/DDC are on their own), needs new roads built just for the buses, most Dover residents (not Whitfield) would need to walk a distance to get to any FastTrack bus stop, or ironically, use a car to get to a bus stop. Given what happened last weekend would have made it a "slowtrack" as the buses would have been queued on Castle Hill!
For example, if I need to get my weekly shopping done at Tesco using FastTrack, I'd have to walk up the Roman Road to a bus stop (pointless as I'd almost be at Tesco then!) or walk / drive to St James, park there and get a FastTrack from there? Absolutely no reason for me to use it! It's been designed for DfLs to live in their expensive, as yet unbuilt, new builds and commute on the High Speed. Will school children be able to use it on their expensive school season tickets? I doubt it, and it doesn't go near most schools in Dover! The whole thing is a white elephant, although that is unfair to white elephants as they are more useful.
There is also a concern that once built, very few will use it and tax payers will have to pick up the tab as KCC/DDC would never admit to it being a failure
As with most European countries, I never need a car when I'm in Poland, as there are so many buses available, at a very cheap price (not just by UK standards but by Polish standards too) and you are never far from a bus stop. They haven't built new roads or introduced trendy buses, they've just spent money on what they had already and improved it over time.
As with everything, time will tell if I'm right about FastTrack.....
