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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
Derby Telegraph
- Derby Telegraph published Whose side are you on in debate on Derbyshire footpath cyclists?A STORM of debate has broken out between readers of the Derby Telegraph about whether cyclists should ride their bikes on footpaths.Maria Gibson wrote to the paper to say that she regularly walked around Derby and had encountered cyclists on footpaths.The Darley Abbey resident said that cyclists seemed to think the paths were cycle tracks and expected pedestrians to move out of the way.She also said that cyclists could become rude and arrogant if walkers did not get out of the way.The letter...
Bucks Free Press
- Campaign to get nation pedalling returns next week. A NATIONAL drive to get people on their bikes returns next week, with cycle campaigners urging residents to leave their car keys at home and commute on two wheels instead.
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