Written Question · S1W-03535 · Session 1
What plans it has to encourage transport operators to introduce joint ticketing and pricing initiatives and what representations it has mad…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to encourage transport operators to introduce joint ticketing and pricing initiatives and what representations it has made to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions regarding the implications for any such plans of the Office of Fair Trading's recent decisions in relation to joint ticketing and pricing initiatives.
The answer
The Scottish Executive, through the forthcoming Transport Bill, intend to provide local authorities with the power to require the setting up of joint ticketing arrangements where they conclude that existing provisions are inadequate.Some public transport operators already offer pricing initiatives and we would expect other operators to recognise the commercial benefits in terms of increased patronage and revenue generation. Such initiatives should have regard to competition legislation. No representations have been made to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions on joint ticketing or pricing initiatives.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-03535 by reference.