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Bus deregulation outside London has been a failure thinktank report
Bus passenger journeys outside London have fallen by 32.5% since 1986, but within the capital they have risen by 99%Millions of bus passengers who rely on services outside London have been let down by a lack of competition and the failure of deregulation, a report warns. They include the poorest fifth of all households, who cannot afford cars and yet who end up taking more taxi journeys each year than any other income group because of the unreliability and high fares of their local buses.
‘Give transport power to regions’
THE regulation of trains and buses should be shifted to powerful regional transport bodies, according to a new report.
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
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- Calls for train fare hike to be scrapped POLITICIANS and commuters have joined forces to call for a planned 3.5 per cent hike in train fares to be scrapped.
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- ‘Give transport power to regions’THE regulation of trains and buses should be shifted to powerful regional transport bodies, according to a new report.
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