Decision details

To review the progress of plans for the “Sheffield Bus Agreement” – a Voluntary Partnership approach to improving the bus offer in Sheffield, principally through network design changes, new ticketing products and by reducing the price of the more expensive fares and to seek authority for the City Council to enter into the Partnership, and to endorse specific further work.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet:-

(a)    notes the results of the public consultation and work to date on the options for delivering a new Bus Agreement for Sheffield;

(b)    endorses the Voluntary Partnership Agreement option as the preferred delivery vehicle at the present time, noting that South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) work on the Quality Contract option is to be suspended to allow the Partnership Agreement to progress; and

(c)     agrees to the principle of the Council being a co-signatory to the Sheffield Bus Agreement and endorses further work to facilitate a City-wide launch in October 2012.