摘要: |
Answering questions at the House of Commons' Transport Committee on April 19, Transport Secretary Mark Harper gave hints that there may be more support for the bus industry beyond the current June 30 cut off date. He said "We are working with the bus sector at the moment, and we extended the bus recovery grant-the £2 bus fare- to the end of June. Before then, I will obviously set out what our plans are going to be to try to have a longer-term model." He acknowledged that "It is not particularly satisfactory for bus operators' ability to plan for us to just keep rolling things forward on a quarterly basis." However, he noted that the first month of the £2 fare cap had "indicated some increase in patronage, but not enough increase to offset the cost of delivering the £2 bus fare". |