Title: BUS DEREGULATION IN GREAT BRITAIN: A REVIEW OF THE FIRST EIGHTEEN MONTHS. 13TH AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, 18-21 JULY 1988; FORUM PAPERS. VOLUME 1 AND 2
Abstract: The transport act 1985 was the most radical change in the United Kingdom bus legislation for over 50 years, and affected the provision of local bus services in three major ways: quantity control (road service licensing) of local bus services outside London was abolished; bus service subsidies could be paid only to operators who won local authority contracts by competitive tender; and there were major changes in the structure of the bus industry, with the subdivision and privatisation of the National Bus Company, and the removal of bus operation from local authority control. This paper describes the results of a major TRRL research programme, designed to monitor the consequences of the act, and its impact on passengers, the bus industry and local authorities. Although bus services in Great Britain are still in a state of flux, an attempt is made to assess the extent to which the act has achieved its objectives (a). For the covering record of the forum, see IRRD no 814688. (Author/TRRL) (Author/TRRL)
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
Language: en
Type: review
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