Brits ditch car for bus in snow

The transport company, Go Ahead, has said since the beginning of the year many drivers appear to be ditching their cars for travel on buses. They are putting the trend down to the severe weather conditions that we have seen so far and saying that many Brits are using buses because the roads have been so bad. This news from the chief executive, Keith Ludeman, comes around the same time that they released their 2009 figures showing that there was drop in profits the second part of the year, but this has been put down to a reduction in government funding for their rail franchises.

Nevertheless figures of passenger numbers were up on the previous year showing signs that more of us either thinking at ways of saving the environment by using public transport, saving money in their own wallet or even doing both. Their first half year revenues fell by 4.5 per cent on the previous period and they announced pre-tax profits of £1.1 billion. Not bad for a firm that has lost some government, but they will remain cautious over the coming year and continue to make saving wherever they can. The firm feels the economy is still not stable yet and only time will tell.

Bus and rail travel is becoming more popular across the UK as services improve on some of the major routes. With the improvements have come higher prices though and at a time when the purse strings are tight, we could do with a little saving here and there.