Manchester bus franchising

[Mayneway]

RE: Manchester bus franchising

(05/02/2023 11:52)KXW212 Wrote:  The two are very much linked. Franchising is being sold as an 'improvement'. Sitting in the same traffic being delayed certainly isn't. One must accompany the other. The CAZ rejection was the right decision if it takes in the whole of GM. It should have applied to the city centre and Town Centres only. It may well be that there are plans for some bus priority, but there is no detail and it's years away, if it happens at all. The livery is indeed insipid, even Burnham's best mate on Merseyside has at least developed a scheme that is bright and welcoming, whatever your views are, that does encourage use.

The whole thing is driven by political dogma and soundbites, and ill thought out by amateurs. It's interesting to see how much the London model is admired, but conveniently forgotten what a total financial basket case TfL has become (an inconvenient truth). That will be the inevitable result for GM. But, by that time Burnham will be chasing further political ambitions and be long gone. A true 'seagull manager'.

Thank god! Someone speaking sense.
The 10 labour councils got very greedy and made the chargeable area as big as they did, and didn’t expect the back lash they got. Had they gone for smaller areas in each town centre or the most polluted areas it would probably be up and running.