LCR Bus Franchising

[Mayneway]

RE: LCR Bus Franchising

(28/02/2022 09:35)Barney Wrote:  Nobody has suggested that franchising will bring back the "glory days" overnight but it is hoped that it will halt the decline in bus usage which now seems to be in terminal decline.

Firstly you don’t have to be anti bus to be against franchising.

Bus usage won’t increase. The government and health authority’s spent much of the First lockdown telling people not to use public transport unless they had to. It was insinuated it wasn’t safe. So suddenly many people who used the buses day in day out have gone out, passed driving tests and bought cars. The demand for second hand and new cars during lockdown soared. There’s more people on the road now then ever before. Still massive back logs for driving tests. More parents are now dropping kids at school because they don’t want them using buses. Yes patronage has increased but not to the levels before covid.

Again there is no garrentee that under franchising more bus services won’t be cut.