Private companies running buses is like “teaching pigs to dance” according to a Bristol City Council transport boss.
Ahead of major cuts to bus services next month, council chiefs were pressed on how they are urging bus companies to keep routes running in the poorest parts of the city. Prominent transport campaigner David Redgewell said companies were focusing on routes in richer areas.
Councillor Don Alexander, cabinet member for transport, said there was a “danger” that commercially-run buses would naturally focus on running routes in the most profitable parts of the wider Bristol region. He also called for a look at changing how local buses are run.
