Paul

Although I am often critical of Transport for Greater Manchester (e.g. their inability to run public transport on match days which doesn't massively interfere with the 90% of people not going to the match), the Bee Network has been a big success, and shows what can be done if you devolve power and money to local areas (I am basically a unionist + devolutionist, we should stick together but take most decisions locally).

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/19/night-buses-to-run-every-greater-manchester-borough-bee-network-expansion

Night buses will run to every Greater Manchester borough as Bee Network expands

Changes revealed by Andy Burnham to support night-time economy follow rapid growth in ridership

The Guardian
Mar 19 at 8:37amWeb
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@pwaring these improvements are great. Even though of little direct benefit to me it makes #Manchester much easier to use
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@pwaring unionist + devolutionist = federalist
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@boggits Not sure if that's true in all cases - e.g. the UK has union and devolution but isn't federalist (and I do not support having different tax rates in London and Manchester for example).