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Seeks views on using new powers to request and publish bus operators' data and develop a fully digital system for providing local bus service information.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking views on using powers…
Seeking views on proposed changes to the Department for Transport’s guidance on setting up a bus franchising scheme.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Overview We are consulting on proposed changes to government guidance on…
Executive summary The government is determined to deliver better bus…
Suggests changing public service vehicle rules so that operations begin sooner and introducing formal tribunal rules in traffic commissioner tribunal functions.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Executive summary The Department for Transport (DfT) is grateful for the…
The report considers the progress made by Total Transport pilots and the results achieved.
Reviewing the financial levels required for applicants and operators who hold restricted truck or bus /coach licences.
Seeking views on implementation of the Competition Commission's recommendations for local bus service registration.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Consultation on how the bus subsidy reform will be implemented, including changes to the payment of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG).
Government plans to improve bus services by reforming the Bus Service Operators Grant, encouraging more passengers to use buses and cutting transport emissions.
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