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<p>We want to see more and more people using public transport - one of the key ways
of encouraging this is to make sure it is a safe option. The transport industry, local
authorities, the police and others are already investing in, and undertaking, wide-ranging
initiatives to improve the personal security of public transport passengers and staff
and to keep our public transport systems as low crime environments.</p><p> </p><p>However,
the Government is not readily able to increase passenger services in commercial transport
markets. For example, decisions about bus services outside London are largely a matter
for the private sector. Equally, it is difficult to see that any such increase would
have a positive effect on matters of personal security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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