'Bus back' DfT funding awards

[iMarkeh]

RE: 'Bus back' DfT funding awards

(08/04/2022 09:37)knutstransport Wrote:  If they gave Liverpool a partial award I don't get why some areas have been excluded altogether. Surely every area should have got something, even if the funding didn't stretch far enough to give every area as much as it would have liked.

Because giving every a few million won't make much difference and doesn't give any minister a press opportunity. More money means more meaningful changes can be made.

(08/04/2022 09:37)knutstransport Wrote:  It also seems they have made Cornwall a trial area for certain improvements and financial incentives. I don't get that when Cornwall's actually benefitted from restrictions on international travel by getting a considerable number of additional domestic tourists. A city region, like Sheffield that's missed out, will have lost a considerable amount due to people who used to commute in to the city instead working from home or being furloughed.

Cornwall also had some of the highest fares and most patchy bus networks. The funding has provided a lot of additional buses in the area and massively reduced fares so the bus network is less tourist based and more local based. No good having a bus network only for the tourists, you need buses for locals to get the work, shops and doctors too.