Better Buses petition for quality bus services can be downloaded here.
A Transport Manifesto was launched by Yorkshire and Humber Pensioners Convention in 2020.
Links to relevant reports and resources (not exhaustive!) Click on a link to access the file.
Autumn 2024 Resources used in South Yorkshire consultation on franchising:
Guide created by We Own It to help people complete the consultation form: https://weownit.org.uk/VotePublicControlSY
November 2024 Government announcement on bus funding. Read it here.
July 2024 Transport Secretary sets out 5 key priorities press statement Read it here
April 2024 Report on zero emission buses:
England’s green bus revolution? In some areas, not one vehicle is zero emissions
March 2024 South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority report on the business case for franchising:
Bus Reform.pdf (southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk)
2024 Transport and Social Exclusion in the North:
https://transportforthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/TRSEintheNorth_2023-24.pdf.
BSIP allocations
2024 Bus statistics:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-bus-statistics-year-ending-march-2023
2023 December Friends of the Earth research:
How Britain’s bus services have drastically declined | Policy and insight (friendsoftheearth.uk)
Links to relevant reports and resources (not exhaustive!) Click on a link to access the file.
2023 TUC 2023: “Public Transport fit for the Climate Emergency”: https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/public-transport-fit-climate-emergency
2023 House of Commons Transport Committee: “National Bus
Strategy one year on”
2023 Transport Action Network: links to reports and briefings:
2021: UN: “Public Transport, Private Profit: The Human Cost of
Privatizing Bus Services in the UK”
2021: TUC: Better Buses Activists Pack: Bus Activist campaign
pack_0.pdf (tuc.org.uk)
2016 Transport for Quality of Life: “Building a World Class Bus
System for Britain”
2012: Campaign for Better Transport: review of literature on
transport & poverty
Review of Reduced and Concessionary Fares in England outside
London – House of Commons (Oct 2019)
“The Future of the Bus – Future Funding Arrangements” Campaign
for Better Transport (Oct 2019)
DfT
Bus Services Act – Consultation on Accessible Information (2018)
Age-Friendly
Transport for Greater Manchester (September 2018)
“Are we getting there?” Age-Friendly Transport across Greater
Manchester (March 2018)
Transport for all – A manifesto for a world-class accessible
transport system (2012)
“Public Transport Can be Free” article in Tribune
“French
City of Dunkirk tests out free transport” article (September 2019)
Note on the cost of free transport – J. Turner November 2019
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