(14 Sep 2021, 9:37 am)Adrian wrote Why would taxi firms want to do that though? If the bus service doesn't exist in the first place, then the taxi companies have the monopoly.Redcar and Cleveland Council does already, so there's nothing seemingly stopping another council doing that.
A better solution would be to allow local authorities to run their own municipal bus companies again, which would allow the commercial gap to be plugged without giving more work to the private sector.
RE: Reversing the decline in passenger numbers