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From thoroughbred to pony - can taxis meet rural needs?

10 April 2006
Lincolnshire's InterConnect network of core and feeder bus routes is one of the innovative solutions to meeting rural transport needs
Lincolnshire's InterConnect network of core and feeder bus routes is one of the innovative solutions to meeting rural transport needs

 

Seven years on from the 1998 Integrated Transport White Paper and its From Workhorse to Thoroughbred daughter document on buses and despite sustained investment in infrastructure, vehicles and services and some notable patronage growth successes in urban areas (e.g. York, Brighton and Oxford), overall bus use outside London continues to decline.

This is most marked in rural areas. In spite of continuing Rural Bus Subsidy Grant and Bus Challenge investment, local authorities and commercial...

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