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The right model for buses?

Andrew Garnett
21 December 2009
 

Metro, the West Yorkshire PTE, has gone public with plans for a Quality Contract. Could it finally succeed in bringing buses under local control?

The implementation of the 2008 Transport Act promised a new era for local authorities, particularly the ‘City Region’ PTEs, by allowing them the tools to take on greater control of local bus services after a vocal, and sometimes heated, lobbying campaign.

The issues are well known. The PTEs suggest that deregulation of the bus market...

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