Freeman believes fuel prices may have reached tipping point to favour bus travel
Reading Buses has reversed a three year decline in patronage, with chief executive James Freeman highlighting that rising motoring costs may have reached a tipping point in improving the value of bus travel relative to the private car.
“I am hearing people say for the first time that the price of fuel has gone up so much they are converting to travelling by bus,” Freeman said. “I haven’t heard that in 35 years in the bus industry which I consider to be very...
Join TransportXtra subscribers and read this article in full...
|
|
||
30 days
|
90 days
Save 50% |
1 YearSave 75% |
£30
|
£60 |
£90 |
|
+£6 VAT |
+£12 VAT |
+£18 VAT |
An online subscription to TransportXtra works out at less than 24p per day for all the latest issues and transport intelligence |
||
 |
||
New Transit individual subscriptions
Widely read by rail, light rail and bus operators, local and central governments, the city, consultants and suppliers, New Transit delivers comprehensive passenger transport analysis and comment.
New Transit magazine is published by Contact Plus 24 Limited. Please subscribe via their dedicated website.
Not ready to subscribe? Take a 2 week free trial
