Email now to cast your vote — take our buses into public control!

The Mayor has handed you the once-in-a-lifetime chance to take your local buses into public control. It's a London-style system called franchising and she's consulting on it right now!

Franchising allows fares, routes, and timetables to be integrated and planned in the public interest. It's the system used in every other European country. It would also put passengers and the planet ahead of private profit.

You've only got HOURS left to take part! We've created a template email below you can send as your response to the consultation: it's the fastest way to vote for public control. Please cast your vote NOW.

If you've more time, please select and re-write in your own words just one bullet point per question OR use our guide here to respond on the Mayor's website. Please add your personal stories. But you can just hit send now if you want a fully public bus system.

Bus Reform Consultation

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I'm getting in touch with my answers to your bus reform short questionnaire with some specific key questions. (8) Overall, to what extent do you support or oppose the introduction of the Proposed Franchising Scheme?
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(8) Why do you say this? It's essential that we get more people using the bus to help the climate. Bus franchising in Greater Manchester caused an 8% increase in journeys in it's first month. We need the same here. It will also benefit passengers with more accountable services, simpler fares, a single app, and a single group of people responsible for providing good customer service.
(9) Are there any changes that you think would improve the Proposed Franchising Scheme?
I want to maximise how much money goes back into services to keep costs down to passengers and councils. Public ownership means there's no profits leaking out to shareholders. We should have a council owned operator. I also want to maximise the power given to passengers to make sure services meet their needs. We should do what Grenoble Water does. It has local people represented in its company board to make decisions. We need to make sure that bus drivers don't see their pay and conditions attacked as happened under franchising in London. If they are publicly  employed that will secure their contracts and allow us to improve their conditions. This will help us all as services will be more reliable if there aren't driver shortages.

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