Ancient buses to become the norm
8th March 1990, Page 20
8th March 1990
Page 20
Page 20, 8th March 1990
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• Ageing bus fleets look set to become the norm for the next three years as demand for new buses drops, according to the Business Ratio report on bus and coach operators. It predicts an increase in coach travel as rising British Rail fares force people off the trains, but says bus travel will decline, with fares rising faster than inflation.
The report forecasts that opposition from environmentalists may force a change on transport strategy for London. It says that Britain is out of step with most other Western countries and sees a road building programme as the main solution for the capital's traffic problems with deregulation for London still a distant prospect.