In article ,
(Paul G) wrote:

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...y.var.946022.0
..freetravel_youths_are_scaring_bus_users_away.php

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.

If the public acclamation for how well he ran Richmond Council before
May is anything to go by, you're absolutely right.

--
Colin Rosenstiel