DEREGULATION: THE VIEW FROM THE BUS STOP

This article draws together the results of monitoring of bus deregulation in the UK from the passengers' point of view relying chiefly on the work of Buswatch and on published Transport and Road Research Laboratory data. NBC companies registered 76% of their previous routes, 47% of their previous Sunday miles and 57% of their previous evening miles. There was a low level of interest from new operators and minibus services were popular. The Buswatch panel is found to be an accurate reflection of actual passengers with 70% being female and mainly without driving licenses. Other data found in the survey is given including facilities at bus stops, reliability, type of bus, cleanliness, boarding ease and staff attitude. Passengers found lack of information a problem and it is suggested that there is inadequate consumer representation. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  City Press Limited

  Fairfax House
  Colchester, Essex CO1 1RJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Hoyle, S
• Publication Date: 1987-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 115-116
• Serial:
  • Transport (London)
  • Publisher: City Press Limited
  • ISSN: 0144-3453

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Bus transportation; Data collection; Deregulation; Minibuses; Passengers; Surveys; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9148: Before and after study; 9006: Continuous; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1556: Legislation; 653: Level of service; 744: Public transport; 9101: Surveillance; 8119: United Kingdom; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Law; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478774
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM