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It’s not the CSR - it’s the concessions, stupid

DfT concessionary fare proposals could see many services dropped

New Transit
15 November 2010
 

It is hard to know what to make of the government’s forthcoming reforms to concessionary fares policy, except that they are unlikely to end well. And if the industry was fearful of the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on its finances, it was looking in the wrong place.

The bare facts are that over a third of English bus passengers travel for free and that operators are meant to be reimbursed in a way that leaves them no better or worse off. However, from April 2011 payment to...

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