The second wave is about harmonisation

The challenge for the next phase of bus reform isn’t only about successful local systems. It is ensuring that systems work together
Franchising is not simply a transport change programme. It is an organisational transformation programme
 BY Anne Marie Purcell
A year ago, I wrote about the scale of bus reform gathering momentum across England. The success of Greater Manchester turning policy into delivery had caught on with Liverpool City Region was progressing, and other mayoral combi