"A Better Deal for Bus Users" - UK Government
Feb 7, 2020 9:48:37 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on Feb 7, 2020 9:48:37 GMT
Last September, the Government announced that it would be launching "A Better Deal for Bus Users" as part of its 2020-2021 Spending Round.
Yesterday (Thursday 6th February) the Government announced that £220 million would be made available to improve bus services outside London, consisting of the following:
- up to £50 million for the creation of the UK's first all-electric bus town.
- up to £30 million for supported bus services, so that local authorities can reinstate withdrawn services and/or introduce new ones.
- up to £30 million for the creation of new "superbus" networks featuring low fares and high frequencies.
- up to £20 million for the introduction and trial of demand-responsive services in rural and suburban areas (e.g pick-me-up in Oxford).
Bids for funding are to be submitted by local authorities. More details are available on the Department for Transport website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-better-deal-for-bus-users
Personal comment: whilst I welcome the money and the amounts appear impressive, I wonder how far that money will spread in reality. £50 million for a single all-electric bus town strikes me as a vanity project, when the far more useful "superbus" and supported bus services only get £60 million - and don't forget that this figure is supposed to cover the whole country outside London. I would like to have seen the adequate reimbursement of concessionary travel properly addressed.
Yesterday (Thursday 6th February) the Government announced that £220 million would be made available to improve bus services outside London, consisting of the following:
- up to £50 million for the creation of the UK's first all-electric bus town.
- up to £30 million for supported bus services, so that local authorities can reinstate withdrawn services and/or introduce new ones.
- up to £30 million for the creation of new "superbus" networks featuring low fares and high frequencies.
- up to £20 million for the introduction and trial of demand-responsive services in rural and suburban areas (e.g pick-me-up in Oxford).
Bids for funding are to be submitted by local authorities. More details are available on the Department for Transport website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-better-deal-for-bus-users
Personal comment: whilst I welcome the money and the amounts appear impressive, I wonder how far that money will spread in reality. £50 million for a single all-electric bus town strikes me as a vanity project, when the far more useful "superbus" and supported bus services only get £60 million - and don't forget that this figure is supposed to cover the whole country outside London. I would like to have seen the adequate reimbursement of concessionary travel properly addressed.
