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TfGM’s handling of Covid-19 shows it isn’t fit to run buses

Julian Peddle Ipswich IP8
01 May 2020
 

I completely agree with Matthew Moll’s comment about the challenges Covid-19 presents the bus industry, but I draw exactly the opposite conclusion (“Covid 19 ‘could alter the terms of the UK bus franchising debate” LTT 17 Apr). 

The deregulated bus industry has reacted with great speed to the changing circumstances and unprecedented fall in demand. 

It has shown itself to be:

efficient – it is a low-cost industry in comparison to other modes. I estimate...

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