General Election 2019
Underperforming bus services are Metro Mayors’ responsibility nowWhoever wins in Westminster on December 12th, the buck now stops with metro mayors for the quality of bus services in their city, argues Simon Jeffrey.
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General Election 2019
Transport priorities for the next GovernmentThe next Government should prioritise urban transport improvements and give cities the power to deliver them.
Buses in urban transport
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Delivering change — improving urban bus transport
Buses are critical urban infrastructure. But the number of journeys made on them has declined in almost all cities apart from London for the past few decades. This report cites deregulation...
City Minutes
City Minutes: Improving urban bus transportSimon Jeffrey, policy officer at the Centre for Cities joins Chief Executive Andrew Carter to set out how metro mayors should begin the process of bringing local bus networks under their control via franchising in order to support economic growth, reduce congestion and improve air quality in cities.
What do the ‘Our Network’ announcements mean for transport in Greater Manchester?
Greater Manchester’s move towards bus franchising is a game changer for transport in the city-region – other cities should follow this path
All aboard? City leaders’ priorities for improving transport
Amid commuter discontent about annual fare rises, we take a look at city leaders’ priorities for urban transport reform