Manifestos on transport, compared

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Manifestos on transport, compared

« on: June 22, 2024, 18:06:24 »

The Transport Action Network compares the major party manifestos at:

http://transportactionnetwork.org.uk/comparing-party-manifestos-on-transport/


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Re: Manifestos on transport, compared

« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2024, 07:07:27 »

Quote from: grahame on June 22, 2024, 18:06:24

The Transport Action Network compares the major party manifestos at:

http://transportactionnetwork.org.uk/comparing-party-manifestos-on-transport/

Summary on the Conservatives:

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One area where they differ from Labour is that they are promising to keep the £2 bus fare cap in England for the next five years, funded through rail reform.

And on Labour:

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Overall, there is much to welcome, but quite a few concerns about the detail that is missing on public transport investment, what it will do on road building and how it will replace fuel duty.


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Re: Manifestos on transport, compared

« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2024, 10:34:53 »

Oh great! The phrase "robbing Peter to pay Paul" springs to mind if they're somehow going to fund the £2 bus cap that way. The bus cap was a good short-term measure, but does little to help people who need to use more than one bus for a journey, or families, or those who don't know how buses work, and nothing to expand services geographically or better operating hours/frequency. It needs something rather more inventive to help improve bus travel long-term and encourage more people to use buses particularly outside major urban areas.


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Re: Manifestos on transport, compared

« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2024, 18:09:15 »

I picked up on this today regarding Labour's announcement that they are going to abolish Network Rail. The article includes Christian Wolmar's concern about the need to fully understand the scale of such actions. Here's the article.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2135497-labour-plans-to-abolish-network-rail


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Re: Manifestos on transport, compared

« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2024, 21:39:10 »

Quote from: johnneyw on July 01, 2024, 18:09:15

I though much the same when I saw that headline in the Sunday Times. But on reflection, once the industry has been restructured into GBR^▸ , NR^» will not exist in any recognisable form. So won't it then have been abolished?


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