Bus passenger voice boosted!

25 September 2014

Bus passengers across England (outside of London) are having their say. The autumn 2014 wave of our Bus Passenger Survey is underway. We expect over 44,000 passengers will take part, making it the biggest ever.

The list of local authorities and bus companies taking part is set out below. In every area the money being invested in the survey by Passenger Focus is being dwarfed by money put in by those authorities and companies – almost to a ratio of one to three. I think this is proof of the value of the work.

Once the results are in, the benchmarking of services drives change in its own right. No one likes being bottom. We take the results and talk to authorities and bus companies, jointly working on action plans to improve things where change is needed.

You cannot beat the user’s voice for making improvements – as long as government and the industry are listening. In this case they are.

Former Metropolitan Counties (PTEs)

  • West Midlands (Centro)
  • Greater Manchester (TfGM)
  • Tyne & Wear (Nexus)
  • Merseyside (Merseytravel)
  • South Yorkshire (SYPTE)
  • West Yorkshire (Metro)

Authority groups

  • Tees Valley
  • West England Partnership

Unitary authorities

  • Blackpool
  • Medway
  • Milton Keynes
  • Northumberland CC
  • Thurrock
  • York City

Two-tier authorities (Shires)

  • Devon
  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Kent
  • Norfolk
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk

Dedicated English bus operator networks

  • Abellio routes in Surrey
  • First UK Bus services in Potteries
  • First UK Bus services in Hants/Dorset
  • Go-Ahead – Brighton & Hove Bus
  • Go-Ahead – Metrobus
  • Go-Ahead –Thames Travel
  • Go-Ahead – Oxford Bus Park and Ride
  • Go-Ahead – Konectbus
  • Go-Ahead – Anglian Bus
  • Go-Ahead – Hedingham & Chambers
  • Go-Ahead – Plymouth Citybus
  • Go-Ahead – Bluestar
  • Go-Ahead – Southern Vectis
  • Go-Ahead – Wilts & Dorset
  • Reading Buses

Scotland’s regional transport partnerships

  • Strathclyde Passenger Transport
  • South East Scotland Transport Partnership
  • North East Scotland Transport Partnership
  • Tayside & Central Scotland Partnership

Bus operator networks in Scotland

  • First in Glasgow
  • Lothian Buses
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