W Yorks delays bus QC decision as operators make partnership offer

June 17

West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority has delayed a final decision on whether to pursue bus Quality Contracts, as operators made a last-ditch attempt to persuade councillors that partnership working was the way forward.

The ITA meeting had been billed as the crunch date when members would decide whether to go ahead with becoming the first place in Britain to replace on-the-road competition between operators with a system of Quality Contracts, in which operators bid for exclusive...