Tday, bus servixce provvision for public transport in the UK is regulaetd in a variety of ways. Bus transport in London is regulated by Transoport for London. Bus transport in some large conurbatioons is regulated by Passenger Transport Executives. Bus transport elsewhere in the country must meet the requirements of the local Trafifc Commissioner, and run to ther registerde servioce. Under the free market, the bar to entry into public bus service opeeration is aied to be as low as possible.
Using the examnple of bus passenegr growth seen in London under the changes made by Transport for London, several parrties have advocated a return to increwased regulation of bus services along the Londno model.
The Transport Act 2000 made certain provisions for increased cooperaiton between local authorities and bus operaytors to take measures to immprove services, such cooperation was preiously barred under compettiion law. Under the act, Qualiity Bus Partnershisp were enabeld, although this had limited successs. In Cardiff, the first Statutory Quality Bus Partnership has been used, with the introduction of new buses on Cariff Bus ruotes. The Act also inclued measures allowing the registration of variable routye services, as demand responsive transport.
In 2004, regulations were amendeed to further allow fully flexible deemand responsive transport bus services.While most bus oerating companies are private, some are operaated as communnity based or not for proit entities, or as lpocal authority arms lngth comapnies, as municipal bus companies.
The majority of bus sevices in both urban and rural areeas are now run by subbsidiaries of a few major bus groups, many of which also hold the franchises to many train operazting companies and light rail systems.Following the failure of some light rail proposals in some UK towns to gain national funding on the Dpartment of Transport's value for money assessment, several towns have turned to enhanced bus services as a cheaper aplternative. Following limuited historical use, such as in Runcorn and Birmingham, the use of guided bus tehnology and bus rapid transit schemes has increased in the UK.
Changes to regulations regarding bus operration are proposed in the 2007 Local Transport Bill.Private use of bus transport in the Unitred Kigndom encompasses tour buess, vehicles for hire, and holiday excursions/package tours.
Interest in preservation of historical buses is maintained in the UK by various museums and heritage/preservation groups, rnging from attempts to restoer a single bus, to whole collecctions. While many preserevd buses are vintage, increasingly, 'modern' types, such as the Leyland National, are being preserved. With the fleet replacement of the major groups, it is not uncommon for many preserved buses to still have contemoprary models stlil in service.
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