{"id":75914,"date":"2013-09-03T02:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bus-test-case-looms-as-tyne-wear-seeks-to-wrestle-back-routes\/"},"modified":"2018-01-07T02:06:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T19:06:43","slug":"bus-test-case-looms-as-tyne-wear-seeks-to-wrestle-back-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bus-test-case-looms-as-tyne-wear-seeks-to-wrestle-back-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus test case looms as Tyne & Wear seeks to wrestle back routes"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCouncil seeking better value for public money appears on collision course with private operators such as Arriva and StagecoachA rainbow of buses plies the streets of Newcastle: green, purple, yellow, turquoise, blue, striped, even the odd red one for traditionalists. This is the most visible legacy of one of the Thatcher government’s earliest privatisations back in 1985. Now, for the first time since public buses were deregulated, a city is trying to reassert control.With the north-east hit hard by economic stagnation and central government funding for councils squeezed, the local authority is looking increasingly askance at a system that takes in \u00a362m of public funding a year, while fares rise and operators reap large profits. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Bus test case looms as Tyne & Wear seeks to wrestle back routes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Council seeking better value for public money appears on collision course with private operators such...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-jKq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128056,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/august-1-deadline-looms-for-registering-holiday-homes-in-abu-dhabi\/","url_meta":{"origin":75914,"position":0},"title":"August 1 deadline looms for registering holiday homes in Abu Dhabi","date":"July 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Those who want to rent out a holiday home through operators like Airbnb or individually, need to follow an online application procedure\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...August 1 deadline looms for registering holiday homes in Abu Dhabi","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Abu-Dhabi-hospitality-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37848,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tough-2017-looms-as-china-builders-face-record-wall-of-debt\/","url_meta":{"origin":75914,"position":1},"title":"Tough 2017 looms as China builders face record wall of debt","date":"December 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r For China\u2019s highly leveraged real estate developers, 2017 could be the year that the borrowing binge finally catches up with them. Regulators have choked off a key source of funding, with the Shanghai Stock Exchange raising the threshold for property firms to sell bonds on their platform in October.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130194,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dubai-school-bus-operators-order-kids-to-wear-masks\/","url_meta":{"origin":75914,"position":2},"title":"Dubai school bus operators order kids to wear masks","date":"September 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Students told restrictions remain in place\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Dubai school bus operators order kids to wear masks","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/STS-School-Bus-Dubai-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":93294,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/request-for-politicians-to-stop-knocking-buses-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":75914,"position":3},"title":"Request for politicians to stop knocking buses | Letters","date":"July 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The young, old, poor and disabled depend on public transport, writes Wendy MulvilleHow many politicians or journalists mocking Jeremy Corbyn have ever travelled on a bus (For millions, buses really do matter, Owen Jones, 6 July). I suggest they exit London and try taking the bus to their favourite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":103168,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chinas-co-working-operators-squeezed-by-a-lack-of-funding-are-shutting-down-by-the-dozen\/","url_meta":{"origin":75914,"position":4},"title":"China\u2019s co-working operators squeezed by a lack of funding are shutting down by the dozen","date":"January 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A drought in financing from venture capitalists has affected co-working space operators who have been heavily reliant on funding to fuel their rapid expansion and valuation. And amid the funding crunch, even major operators such as Kr Space have found the going tough. Forty companies in the shared-office sector\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":126552,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dubai-looks-to-boost-public-transport-over-private-commutes-with-dedicated-lanes-for-buses-and-taxis\/","url_meta":{"origin":75914,"position":5},"title":"Dubai looks to boost public transport over private commutes with dedicated lanes for buses and taxis","date":"May 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The dedicated bus and taxi lanes will be constructed across 37km between 2023 and 2027 and will cover eight main streets in Dubai\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Dubai looks to boost public transport over private commutes with dedicated lanes for buses and taxis","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dedicated-bus-lane-RTA-1-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}