FACTORS BEHIND RECENT PATRONAGE TRENDS IN BRITAIN AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE POLICY

At the time of the first ‘Thredbo ’ conference, evidence was already available on trends in bus use in Britain, following introduction of deregulation outside London and Northern Ireland in October 1986, and the start of competitive tendering within London around the same time. By 1989 a broadly stable market was observed in London, but a noticeable drop elsewhere