Part 2 of the Transport (Scotland) Bill proposes further amendments to this regulatory system, including provisions to:
Clarify the law regarding the provision of bus services by local authorities
Replace Bus Quality Partnerships with Bus Service Improvement Partnerships
Replace Bus Quality Contracts with Local Service Franchises
Require bus operators seeking to vary or cancel a local bus services to provide financial and patronage information to the relevant local transport authority
Allow Scottish Ministers to make regulations requiring bus operators, local transport authorities and the Traffic Commissioner to provide bus service information in a standard format (also know as open data) to allow for the provision of better service information to the public
Introduction
The Transport (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill") was introduced to the Scottish Parliament by Derek Mackay MSP...