BUS DEREGULATION: AN INTERIM REPORT ON PROGRESS

The history of deregulation is reviewed and an attempt is made to evaluate the results. 80% of services were registered with an expected reluctance to register early morning, evening and Sunday services. Allocation of the remaining services is described and the outcome is found to be a level of services similar to that before deregulation. 12% of the total vehicle mileage is now operated by private operators. Tender prices compared favorably with previous subsidy levels and were within authority budgets. Overall levels of service have changed little with some exceptions including South Yorkshire and greater Manchester. Some routes and timetables have been altered and the dissemination of information by authorities has been largely successful. In some cases bus crews were confused. There have been few congestion problems apart from in Glasgow and fare levels have not been the subject of competition. (TRRL)

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  Municipal Engineering Publications, Limited

  178-202 Portland Street
  London W1N 6NH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Hopkin, J
• Publication Date: 1987-5-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 867-868
• Serial:
  • Municipal and Public Services Journal
  • Volume: 95
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Municipal Engineering Publications, Limited
  • ISSN: 0143-4187

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Bus transportation; Competition; Deregulation; Fares; Information dissemination; Legislation; Level of service; Timetables
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9148: Before and after study; 137: Bid; 257: Budget; 1272: Bus; 235: Competition; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 183: Government (national); 1556: Legislation; 653: Level of service; 192: Local authority; 744: Public transport; 241: Tariff; 137: Tender; 1186: Timetable; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Law; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478801
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM