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Bus Policy Rhodri Clark and Peter Stonham LTT854 3 October 2022
New bus cutbacks emerge but DfT keeps recovery data under wraps
A new round of cutbacks in bus services by commercially struggling operators is beginning to emerge despite the £130m additional emergency government support to the industry announced in August. Meanwhile, the results of the DfT’s gathering of information from local authorities on the future sustainability of bus networks will not be published, the department told LTT this week.
Before the summer, Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) in England were given two months to review networks and develop plans for the continued sustainability of commercial and tendered services once pandemic-related revenue funding ceased. Each LTA was required to submit a network review to the DfT by 1 July.
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