Competitively priced integrated ticketing
In 2003 a Task and Finish Group looked at the issues surrounding Competitively Priced Integrated Ticketing and ways of encouraging the wider introduction of such schemes.
Integrated ticketing is a key component of integration between services and between public transport modes. The Government's intentions for the development of integrated ticketing were set out in its Transport White paper of 1999 and the daughter document relating to buses (From Workhorse to Thoroughbred). The Transport Act 2000 provides powers to local authorities to make ticketing schemes. The Competition Act and Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption set out a framework designed to ensure that such schemes operate in the interest of passengers.
The Task and Finish Group noted work being undertaken across the country, including potential models from Manchester, Oxford and Nottingham. The Group has produced a number of template agreements and guidance notes for a number of different scenarios which all parties of the Forum hope will encourage and simplify the introduction of many more ticketing schemes. The Templates and Guidance notes are available to download from this page, and have been updated to take account of the changes in the most recent version of the Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption.
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