Most residents would willingly pay more council tax if it meant saving vital buses in the Bristol region, a public meeting heard.
Calls are now growing to give West of England mayor Dan Norris the same power as every other metro mayor to charge households and dedicate that funding to local public transport.
Mr Norris is the only one of nine directly elected heads of combined authorities without the right to set a precept, which would be a relatively small amount of money on top of the council tax to pay for specific projects in his remit.
