Delivering sustainable public transport: The case of the Better Bus Area Fund

Yena Song, Adrian Hickford and John Preston

Research in Transportation Economics, 2014, vol. 48, issue C, 373-380

Abstract: Transport for South Hampshire, a joint board responsible for transport planning for a conurbation of over one million people, successfully bid for the UK's Better Bus Area Fund. This will result in investments of £7.4 million over the period 2012 to 2014, of which £4.5 million will come from central government. Investments will include installation of Wi-Fi on vehicles, Near Field Communication (NFC) tags and Next Stop Displays and Announcement systems, along with marketing initiatives, the development of mobile apps and the refurbishment of buses. These investments will be complemented by other initiatives in the conurbation, not least some £27 million of investments from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund over the period 2012 to 2015, including the development of key interchange points and bus corridors.

Keywords: Buses; Sustainability; Technology; Behaviour change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R40 R48 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2014.09.066

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