Hereford: A Case Study of Bus Deregulation

Hereford: A Case Study of Bus Deregulation

Hereford was a trial area in which buses were deregulated before national deregulation. The author traces the effects of competition and draws some conclusions for deregulation generally. Competitive tendering, introduced by the county council, was a success and was adopted nationally in the transport Act 1985.

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