From workhorse to thoroughbred: a better role for bus travel
Table of contents
- Foreword by the Deputy Prime Minister
- Executive Summary
- 1. The Role of the Bus in Britain's Transport Future
- Scope
- 2. The Policy Context
- 3. Local Transport Plans and Strategies
- Rural bus partnership
- Concessionary fares
- School Travel
- 4. Quality Partnerships
- 5. Service Enhancements
- 6. Bus Quality Contracts
- 7. Timetabling
- Frequency of timetable changes
- Notice periods
- The 'five minute rule'
- 8. Passenger Information
- Standard Format Service Registrations
- Display of route numbers and (in-bus) time and fare tables
- 9. Ticketing
- 10. Entry Standards and Enforcement: The Role of the Traffic Commissioners
- Financial standing
- Financial Penalties
- Traffic Regulation Conditions
- Bus User Representations
- 11. Other Local Bus Matters
- Cut-off Point for Competitive Tendering Requirements
- Fuel Duty Rebate
- Bus Industry Finances
- Buses in Traffic
- Enforcement
- Bus stop clearways
- Staff in the Bus Industry
- 12.Coach Travel
- The coach market
- Coach safety
- Drivers' hours
- Coaches and integrated transport
- 13. Responses to This Document
