Multi-operator ticketing and franchising advocated to cure bus industry ills

The Competition Commission’s provisional findings on the bus industry could have far-reaching implications for bus networks up and down the country.

Multi-operator  ticketing schemes and Quality Contracts could become much more commonplace across Britain’s bus networks under industry reforms proposed by the Competition Commission. These are two of the key remedies to foster greater competition proposed in the Commission’s provisional report on the bus industry outside London and Northern Ireland.

The Commission says the 1985 Transport Act vision of passengers benefitting from head-to-head competition has failed....

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