Quality Bus Partnership
The Central Leicestershire Quality Bus Partnership consists of Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Arriva, First and Kinchbus.
The Partnership is an informal Body which aims to plan, facilitate and deliver improvements to bus services and bus service facilities in Central Leicestershire. It meets regularly to review matters of common interest and discuss ways in which bus services can be improved. These may include items such as publicity, bus priorities and traffic management issues.
Individual bus companies remain responsible for their own commercial strategies.
Achievements already delivered, or being progressed include:
- Development of the Startrak real time information system.
- Introduction of the “all operator” Flexi ticket.
- Bus priority measures in Narborough Road and other important bus routes.
- Development of a Bus Information Strategy, which will provide improved standards of information on bus services and times.
- Input to the Local Transport Plan.
Additionally, the bus companies have invested in updating their bus fleets with the introduction of many new, low floor buses.