Society

Buses and coaches are safe, affordable, comfortable and inclusive modes of transport. They are at the heartbeat of thriving communities, whether taking people to work, to visit relatives, to shopping centres, to train stations, to football matches or historic landmarks.

 
• The bus and coach industry directly employs over 170,000 people.  The UK bus and coach manufacturing sector employs 4000 and supports a further 4,000 jobs.  Encouraging people to switch from car to bus or coach for some of their journeys would support these key industries and create new jobs.
• Making bus and coach more readily and easily available creates more equal opportunity for all.
• Buses and coaches are much safer than cars - a passenger is 6 times more likely to be fatally injured in a car than in a bus or coach.
• Improved local air quality will lead to an improvement in health by reducing respiratory problems like asthma.
• Better provision of buses and coaches and controlling car demand is fundamental to sustaining the attractiveness of town and city centres.