(09 Dec 2014, 5:39 pm)Dan wrote I have no doubt that Go North East would invest into environmentally-friendly buses (such as gas buses) if there was another round of the Green Bus Fund.
Whilst Stagecoach may be more likely to invest into gas buses by themselves due to the association with ADL they have, I don't think Arriva or Go North East would. The upfront cost would be hard to justify the capital expenditure for, when buying for local work such as the Orbit and Loop.
I think it's a shame that it takes the GBF to make such purchases affordable. Perhaps it's a failing in Government policy that manufacturers aren't given incentive to keep the retail cost to the price of a conventional bus. Same goes for green cars. The environmental benefits alone would be massive, and it was quoted in 2010 that this Government would be the greenest ever after all.