
Better Buses for South Yorkshire
@betterbusessy
South Yorkshire's buses aren't working. Let's win a world-class bus network for our region. Run by @We_OwnIt in support of the area's passenger-led campaign.
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“Consultations can be dull, long, and confusing – but we want to get as many people taking part as possible” A free workshop this weekend hopes to get more people involved in the campaign to improve Sheffield’s dire bus network ⬇️ Better Buses for South Yorkshire nowthenmagazine.com/articles/a-fre…

A great turnout at Sadacca Sheffield for our workshop on the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority consultation on bus franchising. People are hungry for change. But they want improvements on the system in London: - public ownership, like on our tram. - a vote over services for workers and passengers.





South Yorkshire’s Mayor, Oliver Coppard, is consulting on plans to take local buses into public control. Better Buses for South Yorkshire has put together a template that allows you to vote yes for public control in 60 seconds. You can find it at 👇 buff.ly/3Waww5z



A decision on whether South Yorkshire's buses should be brought back under public control will be announced later. It's after Mayor Oliver Coppard held one of the biggest franchising consultation exercises ever undertaken in this country. Over 12-weeks 7600 people had their say.


South Yorkshire is set to announce today that it will bring buses back into public control. I started work on the campaign that became Better Buses for South Yorkshire in summer 2019. It took two mayors, two trades councils, a lot of passengers & a lot of stubbornness. But six years on we won 🚌





Today South Yorkshire announce they will become the 5th UK city-region to bring their bus network back into public control🚍 Well done to all the Better Buses for South Yorkshire campaigners who made this happen👏 Let's make Strathclyde the next! Join our campaign👇 📝betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

🎉South Yorkshire buses are coming back into public control! 🚏🚍Next stop needs to be public ownership. Matthew Topham on BBC Look North today, on ending the privatisation death spiral.
