192. TICKET TO RIDE: buses, Burnham and public control
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Hello! We’re talking buses with King of the North AKA Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. Back in March, Andy announced plans to bring the region’s buses under public control. We ask him what that will mean and what it shows about the power of devolution. Then Pascale Robinson from Better Buses for Greater Manchester talks about campaigning for the change. And transport expert Ian Taylor talks us through lessons from around the world on building a world-class bus system across the UK.
If you pre-order Ed’s book Go Big from waterstones.com before 2nd June and use the promo code ‘cheerful’ at the checkout you’ll get 30% off the full price. Read the extract featured in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/22/on-your-bike-ed-miliband-on-britains-much-needed-cycling-revolution
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| 0:00.0 | Tom Hanks is Otto. He's seen it all. |
| 0:02.5 | Otto? |
| 0:03.3 | Otto? |
| 0:04.0 | O-T-T-O. |
| 0:05.2 | You don't hear that name very often, I do. |
| 0:07.3 | He's a man who gets easily annoyed. |
| 0:09.3 | What are you doing? |
| 0:10.1 | Parallel parking. Parallel the water. |
| 0:11.9 | And he has had enough. |
| 0:13.5 | Are you always his unfriendly? |
| 0:15.3 | I am not unfriendly. |
| 0:16.6 | OK, you're like a warm cuddle. |
| 0:18.2 | But he's finding his joy again in the most unlikely place. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm not sure about this. |
| 0:23.5 | He's going to be a good friend. |
| 0:25.4 | A man called Otto only in cinemas from January 6th. |
| 0:39.9 | This says reasons to be cheerful with Edmila Band and Jeff Lyd. |
| 0:44.6 | Hello. |
| 0:45.4 | Hello. |
| 0:46.3 | How are you? |
| 0:47.2 | Quite excited. |
| 0:48.2 | Go on. |
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