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Through the Warwickshire Enhanced Partnership (EP) established in December 2022 under Section 138G of the Transport Act 2000 and Section 9 of the Bus Services Act 2017, the County Council and bus operators have worked in unison to refresh the Warwickshire Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP published in October 2021.

The updated Warwickshire BSIP clearly sets out the vision and plan for improving bus services and increasing bus patronage in the local area in line with the aspirations in the National Bus Strategy and is a light touch refresh of the original Warwickshire BSIP. Therefore, no changes have been made to the vision and BSIP outcomes set out in the original Warwickshire BSIP, which remain as follows:

  • A fully integrated bus services on the Warwickshire Bus Network
  • The availability of simple multi bus operator tickets, multi-modal tickets and ‘tap in / tap off’ fare payment, like London
  • Bus priority measures on the local highway network
  • High quality information for all passengers
  • Better turn-up and go (demand responsive transport) service frequencies that keep running into the evening and weekends
  • Growing bus patronage
  • Financial support for buses
  • Other factors that affect bus use, seeking a change of thinking regarding car parking in town centres to encourage modal shift onto buses
  • Supporting the Decarbonisation agenda of the County Council and Government and help UK reach net-zero.

The updated Warwickshire BSIP sets out how the County Council will use the framework of an Enhanced Partnership with bus operators to deliver an ambitious vision for travel by bus in Warwickshire by means of introducing measures aimed at helping achieve the patronage growth and increased bus modal share objectives set in the Bus Back Better (National Bus Strategy for England), which was published in March 2021.

It is hoped that publishing an updated Warwickshire BSIP will enable the County Council to secure the release of allocated BSIP Plus revenue grant funding for 2024-25 from the Department for Transport (DfT) towards maintaining, improving and promoting bus services, including improved information and potential fare and ticketing initiatives. The document will also be used to help secure future capital funding to deliver infrastructure priorities when opportunities arise e.g., bus priority measures (to reduce journeys times), real time information displays, and other bus infrastructure improvements.

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