cnjb8
Established Member
The parking levy is more to pay for the tram and rescuing the council from the Robin Hood energy fiasco.Though Nottingham have also introduced a parking levy?
Brighton and Bristol don't have council-owned bus companies; they do have very good bus company managers and supportive local authorities though. Bristol is an interesting point in that there is a multi-operator day ticket that isn't promoted by First....but also doesn't form part of the tender requirements for the local authority tenders.
The binary "public sector good, private sector evil" is overly simplistic. Take Cardiff Bus who are a decent operator but seemingly thwarted by their council whereas along the road in Newport.....
Are the London depots owned by TfL?