TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Factors Behind Recent Bus Patronage Trends in Britain and Their Implications for Future Policy
JO  - International journal of transport economics
A1  - White, Priscilla
SP  - 13
EP  - 31
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
N2  - In October 1986, local bus service was deregulated (i.e. price and quantity controls were removed) in Great Britain, with the exception of London and Northern Ireland. By 1989, despite a greater growth in bus-kilometers being run outside London, there was a noticeable drop in market stability. In London, however, a broadly stable market was observed. The author examines principal factors affecting ridership; overall British trends; the London market at the beginning of the discussed period; trends in bus kilometers run; trends in real fare levels; observed and expected ridership changes; exogenous factors; effects of the congestion charge; quantified components of London growth; trends on the London Underground system; cost trends; public expenditures on London buses; some other statistical interpretation; and London lesson application in the rest of Great Britain.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 0391-8440
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -