| Comment | > Create a Strathclyde Buses service then.
That is essentially the plan.
Scottish councils get legal bus franchising powers next year. Glasgow started the business case on setting it up earlier this year. Might take 5-7 years (presuming national funding support) but that's where we're heading.
In the meantime, the bus operators are rolling out a combined multi-operator ticketing system by 2026-27.
The council is at planning stage for bus priority infrastructure on half a dozen arterial roads.
At the same time the Clyde Metro plans for new light-rail routes is being progressed.
It's all coming together, and a congestion charge is one way of both funding all of these things and reducing car traffic to make bus travel faster, more attractive and more financially viable to run. |
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