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Can faster buses really create more jobs?

25 July 2014

 

It sounds impressive: 50,000 jobs could be created if buses were 10% faster. But it also sounds odd. How can faster buses create jobs?

The figure comes from research commissioned by bus industry lobby group Greener Journeys from Daniel Johnson, Peter Mackie and Jeremy Shires at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds. ITS completed a report for Greener Journeys last year and this is a follow-up with new analysis.  

“Our preferred headline result is that a 10%...

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