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http://peace.lowtech.org | 07.12.2005 13:45 | Globalisation | Workers' Movements | Sheffield

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Today's We Want Our Buses Back lobby of Sheffield City Council to Re-Regulate the Buses, out side the Town Hall.
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 http://www.wewantourbusesback.com
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Additions

report of WWOBB lobby of Council meeting

21.12.2005 12:03

UPDATE ON CAMPAIGN:

The “We Want Our Buses Back!” campaign, has put local public transport to the top of the political agenda in Sheffield.

“Gridlock City!” headlined the local ‘Star’ newspaper. Talk of “crisis” dominated December’s city council meeting lobbied by WWOBB.

New figures show that the government is set to miss its own targets for increasing bus passenger travel. Only in London, where there is some degree of regulation, have bus numbers increased. In Yorkshire, there has been a fall of 9%.

Hardly surprising, when in South Yorkshire, the main private operators First have cut services and raised fares (by 36% since last year!).

The only numbers going up are First’s profits! Their South Yorkshire division is the most profitable in the First Bus Group and the fifth most profitable bus company in the whole country with a 17.9% profit rate of return.

This blatant profiteering has led both the Passenger Transport Executive and the Sheffield City Council to pass motions of no confidence in First’s bosses. Even the Tory councillor (remember Thatcher de-regulated the buses in 1987) spoke in favour of regulation!

But local Labour politicians say they can’t do anything until 2009.

Presenting a 5,000 name petition, WWOBB speaker Calvin Payne told the council meeting, “We can’t wait four more years. No-one will be able to afford to go on a bus by then, that’s if there’s still any running.” A packed public gallery (including media students covering this issue) heard Calvin call on the council to organise a city referendum to get a mandate to go to the government to demand the powers and the funding to bring the buses back into public control and ownership.

He cited the public ballot WWOBB had conducted showing 75% in favour of council regulation of routes, timetables and fares, and 87% support for public transport to be brought back into public ownership. Only 3 people voted to keep things as they are.

With rumours of more service cuts in January, “We Want Our Buses Back!” plans to step up its campaign against First’s bosses and increase pressure on the Labour council to make a stand.

LATEST: Stagecoach, owned by notorious anti –union Brian Souter, has bought out Yorkshire Traction bus company based in Barnsley. Traction owned Terrier buses that run in Sheffield so now these are owned by Stagecoach as well as the Supertram (which they bought for £2million after £240million of public investment!).

NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 11th January 2006, 7-00pm at The Quakers Meeting House, St James street, next to Cathedral.


More details contact Calvin on 07810628740
Or email:  wewantourbusesback@hotmail.co.uk

alistai tice


Comments

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no people...

08.12.2005 00:46

no people.. just a bunch of signs ?

me


-

09.12.2005 11:39

don't think the huge swathe of protesters were all that important for this one as the faceless bureaucrats inside the Town Hall are the ones that usually make the decisions.

would be useful if Alistair or someone from WWOBB added comment as to what happened...

ugly protester


inside keeping warm -

09.12.2005 16:45

As for the protestors, none of them can afford the bus fare into town anymore!

metrophile


HAHAHAHAHA

10.12.2005 16:10

Its so amusing to see anarchists demand a stronger state by " re-regulating the buses"

hahaha... you guys ( and gals ) are so inconsistent. You'll never make logical positivists.

Alfred North Whitehead


now then

10.12.2005 20:54

who said out about anarchists?!

-


Hmmm

16.12.2005 21:25

Did we really need some advertising for the SWP?

Oh, and if someone was trying to make an anarchist statement, local democratic control of local resources isn't that inconsistant. Read Orwell.

Silince


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