More than £10million will be invested in the Hertfordshire Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), following an announcement from the Department of Transport (DfT).
An original £29.7million fund has already “resulted in significant improvements including new services, more frequent buses, changes to fares and ticketing, and updates to customer information points and bus shelters”, according to Hertfordshire County Council (HCC).
The DfT has reported that this has led to an 18 per cent increase in residents ditching their car and travelling by bus since 2022.
Councillor Phil Bibby, HCC’s executive member for highways and transport, said: “We are keen to build on what we have achieved and encourage more of our residents to give bus travel a try or make it part of their usual routine for business or leisure. Working with our partners, we remain committed to making Hertfordshire a cleaner, greener and healthier county and public transport is at the heart of those plans.”
Find out more at www.intalink.org.uk/service-improvements
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