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GBP 25m to kick-start better buses
Ruth Kelly, Transport Secretary, has announced GBP 25 million to provide new and improved bus services across England. This will better connect local communities with vital services - like hospitals, business centres and colleges - and help tackle congestion and rural accessibility by giving people more alternatives to their car.
Over the last three years the Kickstart programme has helped councils and bus operators introduce 43 new or enhanced bus services. This resulted in increases in local bus use and improved the quality of bus services for local communities. For example:
* Lancashire County Council has reduced social exclusion and improved access to local colleges, the local hospital, several leisure facilities and supermarkets by offering new, round the clock services across Chorley. (Kickstart award: GBP 802,618)
* Tyne and Wear Council has established a new bus route into Newcastle upon Tyne. This links people to major employers and popular retail facilities and already carries in excess of 2,000 passengers a day. (Kickstart award GBP 565,000).
* Kent County Council has connected deprived areas to the regional centre of Canterbury. The new circular service offers buses every ten minutes and the number of passengers using it has exceeded all expectations - with new vehicles purchased to match demand. (Kickstart award: GBP 447,000)
Ruth Kelly said: 'If we are to encourage more people to leave their car at home we have to give them more choice over how they travel.
'Kickstart has already made a real difference, giving people reliable, accessible, modern and comfortable buses and linking them to vital local services like hospitals, employment, schools or colleges and leisure facilities.
'That is why I am today announcing another GBP 25 million for the Kickstart Programme, to further improve bus services in communities across England.' Councils will soon be invited to submit applications for the programme demonstrating how they will work in partnership with bus operators to develop long-term and viable schemes.
Over the last three years the Kickstart programme has helped councils and bus operators introduce 43 new or enhanced bus services. This resulted in increases in local bus use and improved the quality of bus services for local communities. For example:
* Lancashire County Council has reduced social exclusion and improved access to local colleges, the local hospital, several leisure facilities and supermarkets by offering new, round the clock services across Chorley. (Kickstart award: GBP 802,618)
* Tyne and Wear Council has established a new bus route into Newcastle upon Tyne. This links people to major employers and popular retail facilities and already carries in excess of 2,000 passengers a day. (Kickstart award GBP 565,000).
* Kent County Council has connected deprived areas to the regional centre of Canterbury. The new circular service offers buses every ten minutes and the number of passengers using it has exceeded all expectations - with new vehicles purchased to match demand. (Kickstart award: GBP 447,000)
Ruth Kelly said: 'If we are to encourage more people to leave their car at home we have to give them more choice over how they travel.
'Kickstart has already made a real difference, giving people reliable, accessible, modern and comfortable buses and linking them to vital local services like hospitals, employment, schools or colleges and leisure facilities.
'That is why I am today announcing another GBP 25 million for the Kickstart Programme, to further improve bus services in communities across England.' Councils will soon be invited to submit applications for the programme demonstrating how they will work in partnership with bus operators to develop long-term and viable schemes.
