(12 Aug 2018, 8:32 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/bus-opera...-1-9024145
The Sheffield Partnership has been a disaster according to some.
Interesting figures and comments in that article and I know not all changes have gone down well.
Further changes planned for next month are less than popular too.
I haven't looked at the Manchester deal for a while, so can't comment on who or what will be included or whether there have been changes to previous plans.
AFAIK there are no specific plans made available to the public so far. And sorry to press the point, but the Reform is for *Greater* Manchester. This is relevant on many levels including one of the criticisms of current First and Stagecoach policy being to cut services in the districts where services such as Health are becoming less accessible.
Just to clarify, there are three options on the table:
Do nothing ie. continue with Deregulation
Franchising. This would eventually cover the whole county ie all locally registered services running wholly or substantially in GM, and is reported in the trade press to be made up of a serious of large and small franchises - possibly as many as 35 in total.
"Enhanced" Quality Partnerships. A voluntary agreement, but with no publish details of how it would work or what/where it would cover.
There was supposed to be a public consultation this Summer, but everything has gone quiet......