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How bus use has changed in London & in big cities outside of London since deregulation. (from which London was exempt).

From @thomasforth (posted at the other place)

Its quite an extraordinary 'natural experiment' - from which we can draw the conclusion (without too much difficulty) that #privatisation is not the way forward if #busses are to be part of the #greentransition

(and don't get me started on #London exceptionalism....)

Chart; Bus use in London & England's other big ciotoes since deregulation in 1984 when UK law made it illegal for cities expect London to manage busses, bus use was higher outside London at over 2m bus journeys a year as opposed to London with just over 1m. The lines cross over in 1998 & by 2020 there were nearly 2.5m bus journeys a year in London & just on 1m outside London
#london #privatisation #busses #GreenTransition @Tom Forth
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