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Best practice and policy guidance for bus and coach operators; including licensing and registration, concession fares, tackling anti-social behaviour and criminal damage, and explanations of the operators grants that are available.



Local bus services in England: brief overview

Published:
22 June 2005

General information

General information.


Putting Passengers First

This document, published on 12 December 2006, is the result of DfT Ministers' 'long hard look' at the issues affecting bus patronage and sets out the Government's proposals for the future direction of bus policy.


Bus operator licensing and registration of local bus services

Bus operator licensing and registration of local bus services.


Bus grants

Bus grants.


Concessionary bus fares

Concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people.


Bus Partnership Forum

Bus Partnership Forum.


Quality bus partnership and contract schemes

Quality bus partnership and contract schemes.


Bus crime

Bus crime.


Tendering of bus services

Local authorities are able to secure the provision of local bus services by bus operators by offering a contract for the provision of the service, in most cases after a competitive tendering process.


Study of high quality buses in Leeds

Report produced by Atkins Transport Planning examining high quality bus alternative to Leeds Supertram proposal.