(01 Apr 2020, 6:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote Don't forget all the financial support operators have had with their BSOG, Green Bus Fund, ticketer machines, uplifts and whatever else.But at the moment they aren’t working in a deregulated market, because the government has specifically told everyone not to travel. That’s the big difference that can’t be planned for.
And that's just the every day stuff!
If they want to be de-regulated, then they've got to be totally de-regulated and that includes the curtailment of all handouts, grants and subsidies imo.
Bus priority measures? Not a taxpayers problem.
Emniox conversions? Sort it themselves.
It really annoys me that operators seemingly never stop with their begging bowl and wide eyed stare of pity, but fought so hard against having that begging bowl taken off them under the QCS scheme.
And regarding funding for better emissions, if there was no funding then all the bus companies big and small would just say no, it’s not commercially viable.