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Neil Williams · January 21st 16, 05:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2016-01-21 17:08:06 +0000, said:

As well as being a state socialist, Owen Jones overlooks the success
stories, however few, of bus privatisation outside London.

And how, while Lothian is a picture of how to do it (give or take the
no change policy) in a city that is ideal for bus operation, some of
the other municipals are, and were, dire. I haven't heard a kind word
said about Warrington for ages, for instance.

I'd be more inclined to say that tendering areas for exclusive
operation would work better, with a looser specification giving more
commercial freedom. Petty spats between operators don't help matters,
and it's not as if bus operators with de-facto monopolies actually seem
to abuse this even now.

Neil
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