Britain’s smaller cities desperately need better transport
Manchester launches a London-style franchise system
AS WELL AS a ticket, you need patience to ride the 72 bus in Leeds. The commuter line to Bradford is notorious for delays and cancellations: by one estimate it is late 80% of the time. Other services are almost as bad. Tough luck, too, if you bought a pass for one company and a rival’s bus turns up. Operators don’t allow transfers.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Slow coaches”
Britain September 2nd 2023
- Can Scotland help Labour form Britain’s next government?
- Political dysfunction in Northern Ireland is the new normal
- A blunder costs a British town billions
- Britain’s smaller cities desperately need better transport
- Why Britain is so bad at diagnosing cancer
- Who is to blame in Britain for delayed and cancelled flights?
- Britons should watch GB News, carefully
From the September 2nd 2023 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from Britain
The four worst words in British politics
Saying “not a good look” is not a good look
Inflation in Britain looks irritatingly persistent
Worse, the risk has appeared just as growth is sputtering
Labour lacks good ideas for improving Britain’s schools
Making private ones a bit more expensive is not an inspiring start
Britons brace themselves for more floods
A warming planet is making a soggy island soggier
Why meal-replacement drinks are shaking up the British lunch
They are being rebranded as aspirational as well as efficient