(12 Apr 2020, 1:04 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Surprised you're not complaining about the services run on contract from the councils as well!
In an ideal world bus operators would operate completely independently without any financial help from local authorities and government , but if they did, routes with lower passenger numbers would be dropped as they're not making money (the same way a supermarket will close a store that loses money). They need the financial support in those routes in order to keep the wheels turning.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but those are the kinds of routes that BSOG was created for, however in reality it can be claimed on any route, regardless of its profitability, which I think is 100% wrong!
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Which was amongst the reasons why de-regulation was pushed through in 86 and why the white paper was published in 85.
They wanted to achieve those things and encourage competition.
The funding continues to prop up the industry and the competition they wanted fell away in most areas.
For the operators, its win/win.
They get to do what they want, operate when and where they want and have their begging bowl to help them out.