In message .com, Bob
writes
Intended as a move to reduce congestion caused by the school run - free
travel for young people was introduced. It has had unintended
consequences, see below, but has it had the intended one?

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/n...lay.var.946022.
0.freetravel_youths_are_scaring_bus_users_away.ph p

I notice the singular lack of statistics in the article.

There may well be a correlation between more youths using buses and
crime going up, but is it a weak or a strong correlation? e.g. for
every extra 1,000 trips is it 1 crime, or 0.005 crimes? And are these
outweighed by the likely long-term benefits, e.g. teaching kids to use
public transport rather than becoming permanent car drivers in later
life?

It seemed more like a whine by Grumpy of Richmond than a useful
informative news article.