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Reasons Revisited

Reasons Revisited: On the buses

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

All aboard! Last weekend, Greater Manchester made history as the first place outside London to bring its bus system into public control. Since 1986 - when buses were deregulated - fares have almost doubled, routes have been cut and fewer people are taking the bus. The Bee Network is Mayor Andy Burnham's answer to the problem. We spoke to him in 2021 about his commitment to make the region's buses better. We also talked to transport expert Nicole Badstuber about why London's buses never suffered the same fate as elsewhere in the country, and to Ian Taylor about visionary public transport systems in Europe and further afield. Will other parts of Britain soon see their buses back in public hands?


See you on Monday for our next episode of Reasons to be Cheerful!


Guests

Nicole Badstuber, Transport Expert (@nicolebadstuber)

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester (@AndyBurnhamGM)

Ian Taylor, Transport for Quality of Life


More information

Listen to RTBC Episode 23: Ding, ding, next stop: sorting out the buses

Listen to RTBC Episode 192 Ticket to ride: buses, Burnham and public control



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0:32.0

After four decades, Greater Manchester's buses have finally come back into local

0:36.8

control but what does this mean for the future of our public transport system?

0:41.0

Hello I'm Jeff Lloyd and this is Reasons Revisited.

0:47.0

It's a weekly fun-sized reason to be cheerful.

0:50.0

We dig back into our five-year audio archive and brief you on a big idea that's having a moment.

0:57.0

This week we're talking about buses and how we can bring them back into public control.

1:04.0

Last Sunday morning at half-past four, the first yellow and black B network bus pulled into

1:09.6

Farmworth Bus station.

1:11.5

After years of negotiations, Greater Manchester is making history as

1:16.1

it's the first region outside London to take control of its buses and launch its own

1:21.1

regulated bus network, the B network.

1:23.6

Outside of London, our buses are in a sorry state.

1:26.8

Services are mainly operated by private companies.

1:29.3

Bus fares in the UK have nearly doubled in real terms since 1987 and years of austerity have meant

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