| Comment | Apologies, the bus system in Glasgow is a fragmented mess.
Thatcher broke up the municipal bus companies across Glasgow in the 80s and allowed private companies to move in, carving up services as they liked.
London got an exception, written in law (funny that), which allowed it to move ahead with a fully integrated TfL system in the early 90s.
Edinburgh got round it by having the buses run by a single arm's length "private" business, of which local authorities are major shareholders.
But you'll have seen how bad it is in Glasgow to this day. Fragmented services, overlapping services, incomprehensible bus routes and opaque pricing (which the bus companies have no incentive to be up front about).
Scottish Parliament passed a bill two years ago allowing local authorities to step in (in some limited ways), but as yet, Glasgow hasn't done anything. |
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