How bus use has changed in London & in big cities outside of London since deregulation. (from which London was exempt).

From @thomasforth (posted at the other place)

Its quite an extraordinary 'natural experiment' - from which we can draw the conclusion (without too much difficulty) that #privatisation is not the way forward if #busses are to be part of the #greentransition

(and don't get me started on #London exceptionalism....)

@ChrisMayLA6 It would be interesting to see the breakdown in usage between urban and rural routes. I've heard a lot of stories whereby bus companies are made to take some less profitable rural routes alongside more profitable urban routes. They then intentionally fiddle with the timetable and/or run the rural routes in an unreliable manner. Passengers can't rely on the route and stop using it, so the company claims there's no demand and stops the service.

@kennykravitz

yes, there's certainly been some of that going on in rural #lancashire!