The announcement today that FirstGroup has reported a £356m loss along with change at the top of the transport group provoked me to recall three key statistics which stood out when researching this year's Annual Survey of Mobility as a Service.
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Whilst the desire to upgrade and enhance the rail offer for the North is welcome and not before time, along with an emphasis on simplified and best value ticketing, I fear that insufficient attention has been paid to the potential for behaviour change, active travel, transport data and novel forms of transport to make an impact on the plans for the road network, which potentially renders them inappropriate or irrelevant.
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