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"I rode Yorkshire's most scenic bus route for £2 but wasn't convinced" https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-lee...e=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

In short, she gets the Scarborough bus instead of the winning route to Whitby and complains about sharing a bus with people and the bus stopping at bus stops?!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64355631

Wasn't sure where to put this. 

The Gloags have been charged with human trafficing.
A timely reminder that public control isn't an automatic byword for improvement

BBC News - Public transport: ‘Buses disappear in our towns in the evenings’ - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78lgk37155o
(10 Sep 2024, 5:27 am)DeltaMan wrote [ -> ]A timely reminder that public control isn't an automatic byword for improvement

BBC News - Public transport: ‘Buses disappear in our towns in the evenings’ - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78lgk37155o

You right, public control isn’t always better. However, as we’ve had bus deregulation outside of London since 1986, and considering look how bad buses are in the evening's. Time for a new approach, perhaps like the London model.
(10 Sep 2024, 5:27 am)I’m DeltaMan wrote [ -> ]A timely reminder that public control isn't an automatic byword for improvement

BBC News - Public transport: ‘Buses disappear in our towns in the evenings’ - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78lgk37155o

A slightly rubbish, poorly researched story. The villages quoted all have populations under 1000 and all have a generally two-hourly service from 0700-1900 with extras at the peaks. Almost certainly better service than comparable areas in England.
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