Quality bus partnerships

What are quality bus partnerships for?

Under the Transport Act 2000 and Local Transport Act 2008, such partnerships can be arranged to ensure that our role as the provider of high quality infrastructure, and the bus operators' role of providing high quality bus services, is combined in the most effective way possible to achieve this goal, without the need for public subsidy for bus services.

We share a common goal with bus operators of increasing the number of passengers, improving public transport punctuality and minimising the environmental impact of bus services.

Quality bus partnership agreement in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Council has worked in partnership with bus operators for many years. There have been regular partnership meetings at a senior level for over 15 years, and two previous quality partnership agreements, in 1998 and 2006 respectively.

As part of Transform Oxford, we are now working with the principal bus companies to develop a new Quality Partnership to ensure that high quality bus services can be provided whilst minimising the impact on the environment of central Oxford.