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Reinvent the bus?

3rd January 1981, Page 9
3rd January 1981
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Keywords : Invercargill, Passenger Transport

THE COST of reinventing tin bus in the 1990s could be prohi bitive, Confederation of Britisf Road Passenger Transport direc tor-general Denis Quin ha: warned.

Speaking after the announce ment of a two per cent real term: cut in Transport Supplementan Grant for English local authori ties, he said: "In Britain we hav( arbitrary cuts in public transpor spending with total disregard fo the consequences.

"This planned decline in pub lic transport is not based ()I rational assessment of transpor need.

"If the Government does no accept the message from th House of Commons transpor committee, then bus passenger are doomed to suffer worse sei vices and higher prices, and bu services will deteriorate rapidl in the 1980s."

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Organisations: House of Commons, Confederation of Britisf Road Passenger Transport
People: Denis Quin