I spent 10 years working as a consultant for a national bus company. Whilst loads of you want to blame this government and privatisation for the bus service being in decline it is neither. When the buses were privatised the council fucked up in the way they allocated the routes to companies which allowed companies a monopoly in certain areas with no competition.
The truth is not enough people use buses, there is no money in it and at 5 miles per gallon of diesel it is an extremely dirty form of transport.
Burnham is not bringing the bus service back into public ownership as some think. Private operators will be told what to do by Burnham, what to charge and what services they run. This model works in London because they are so short of public transport. I doubt it will work here.
The truth is not enough people use buses, there is no money in it and at 5 miles per gallon of diesel it is an extremely dirty form of transport.
Burnham is not bringing the bus service back into public ownership as some think. Private operators will be told what to do by Burnham, what to charge and what services they run. This model works in London because they are so short of public transport. I doubt it will work here.
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