Emeritus Prof Christopher MayNov 6, 2023

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....)

Show threadBasexperience 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Nov 6, 2023
@ChrisMayLA6 @thomasforth that’s interesting, but “don’t get me started” sounds like you’re shutting down other drivers here. London is a terrible place to get around in by car, and bike is terrifying and dangerous. Anyone in the outer zones simply has to use the bus, and the city has expanded over time. You have to admit it’s possible these are parallel tracking causes.
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May

@basexperience @thomasforth

I lived in London for 35 years so am only too aware of the transport issues.... but London's exceptionalism only really hit home when I moved away & saw it from the outside... and of course 'don't get me started' is not so much shutting things down as admitting there's too much for one post to cover....

Nov 6, 2023 at 10:00amWeb