Talks of Liverpools bus network being "council" run

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RE: Talks of Liverpools bus network being "council" run

(31/10/2014 16:46)Dentonian Wrote:  I'm a bit confused with this long-standing argument - usually from the "Competition is always good" campaign. You can't have full competition and integrated ticketing!

I'm not sure if you're accusing me specifically of making that argument or not, but I haven't. The point is the so-called "QBP" was to effectively dilute competition with the benefit of fully integrated ticketing, but of course that's not the case. Several ticketing types are not transferable between operators and then there's the fact you can't use for example a Stagecoach day ticket to travel beyond Garston on the 86A. So in short, this 'benefit' is fundamentally flawed.