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Author	Scunnered20
Comment	It's worth reading the full transport plan, it has a lot to say about improving transport. The council has started the ball rolling on setting up a franchise system for the bus network, essentially how TfL in London works. Where the council will dictate everything about the routes, service times, etc, even the livery on the buses if it wants, and will get private operators to deliver the service. Means ultimately the buses will all be under one single banner, with the many benefits that brings. Manchester has just recently finalised its franchising system, but it took seven years to complete, so that's sort of the time scale we're looking at here. In the meantime, there are plans to recalibrate major roads in and out of the city centre to give more exclusive space for buses, creating something like a rapid bus transit network (used by the existing operators) which will greatly improve bus journey times. Added to that, the fact this city centre specific transport plan lays out plans to greatly reduce the presence of private vehicles and simplify the road layouts in some ways, means that the city centre (currently a black hole for bus journey times, with so many traffic lights and cars) will become a much more efficient space for buses to pass through. The tap on tap off system that First has is also rolling out across the other operators in the next year or so. By 2024 they're meant to be fully linked up so a single system tracks your bus use through the day/week and caps your total fare. Improvements are definitely coming.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/zai3yx/glasgow_approves_people_first_city_centre/iymklsq/
Created	Fri 2nd Dec 2022 2:51pm
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It's worth reading the full transport plan, it has a lot to say about improving transport.

The council has started the ball rolling on setting up a franchise system for the bus network, essentially how TfL in London works. Where the council will dictate everything about the routes, service times, etc, even the livery on the buses if it wants, and will get private operators to deliver the service. Means ultimately the buses will all be under one single banner, with the many benefits that brings.

Manchester has just recently finalised its franchising system, but it took seven years to complete, so that's sort of the time scale we're looking at here.

In the meantime, there are plans to recalibrate major roads in and out of the city centre to give more exclusive space for buses, creating something like a rapid bus transit network (used by the existing operators) which will greatly improve bus journey times.

Added to that, the fact this city centre specific transport plan lays out plans to greatly reduce the presence of private vehicles and simplify the road layouts in some ways, means that the city centre (currently a black hole for bus journey times, with so many traffic lights and cars) will become a much more efficient space for buses to pass through.

The tap on tap off system that First has is also rolling out across the other operators in the next year or so. By 2024 they're meant to be fully linked up so a single system tracks your bus use through the day/week and caps your total fare.

Improvements are definitely coming.