Theo Clarke MP for Stafford met with the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, to discuss improving bus services in rural Staffordshire. Therefore, Theo Clarke MP is pleased that the Government has announced a £3 billion new national bus strategy which will create cheaper, more frequent and more reliable bus services in and around Stafford.
Levelling up services across the country will encourage more people to use the bus, rather than the car, as we build back better from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The changes include:
- simpler bus fares with daily price caps, so people can use the bus as many times a day as they need without facing mounting costs
- more services in the evenings and at the weekends
- integrated services and ticketing across all transport modes, so people can easily move from bus to train
- all buses to accept contactless payments
- Hundreds of miles of new bus lanes will make journeys quicker and more reliable, getting people out of their cars, reducing pollution and operating costs.
Further information regarding the National Bus Strategy is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-launches-3-billion-bus-revolution.
