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PUBLIC transport campaigners in West Yorkshire have urged the county’s mayor to speed up action on an election pledge to take bus services back under public control.
West Yorkshire’s Labour mayor Tracy Brabin started the formal process of taking over bus services almost six months ago.
But Better Buses for West Yorkshire said that the combined authority she heads “has yet to take one of the early steps in completing the business case” needed to bring buses into public control.
The government requires any local authority that wants to bring its buses into public control to undertake a detailed business case to assess the costs and benefits of the public co-ordinating the network.
Better Buses for West Yorkshire campaigner Matthew Topham said that evidence of a lack of progress had been discovered using Freedom of Information rights.
“To her credit, the mayor started well, kicking off the formal process to bring buses into public control, which would put passengers, not profit, in the driving seat in her first 100 days,” he said.
“Unfortunately, this latest evidence shows that little progress has been made since then. Christmas marks six months with Brabin at the wheel. Have plans for better buses stalled?”
The mayor’s office was invited to comment.
