What happens when councils take control of buses?
What happens when councils take control of buses?
More people are using buses in Reading where they are publicly-owned - will others towns follow?
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Private bus companies exist for profit. The only routes they’re willing to run must be profitable. Just the result of private ownership over a public service.
A public/council owned and run bus company would serve routes people need in theory
We have a tory government though. Im surprised they don’t make the council pay the private bus company to run routes at extortionate rates. we just have extortionate rates regardless
Counterpoint- the council can mandate routes and frequency in the contract and put it out to tender. The idea is that the private sector is better an innovating to be efficient, though I’m not sure that has ever really been demonstrated
and with that you unfortunately recreate the shitshow which semi privatisation of railway
I’d say that the railways were probably more likely to fail because you have the added complication of the rail infrastructure company on top, plus the need for through-ticketing and timetable coordination. Those factors magnified the sheer amount of shit in the show