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bus war en · NOUN

Etymology

From bus + war.

Meanings

1. A strategy of scheduling very large numbers of buses on a route in order to swamp competition from other bus operators.
   • We are not convinced, however, that the Competition Commission's vision of widespread and sustained head-to-head competition is realistic or desirable. Previous bus wars led to instability and confusion that was in the interests of neither operators nor passengers. 2012 September 13, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, Competition in the Local Bus Market: Third Report of Session 2012-13, Vol. 1: Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 36:
   • According to the government's White Paper on the Future of Transport 1998 bus deregulations outside London caused substantial upheaval because of 'bus wars' and confusion over changing service patterns. 2007, Alan Griffiths, Stuart Wall, Applied Economics, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 234:
   • Public Transport Information Unit report that it is passengers who suffer most in this bus war. 1988, Bargaining Report:

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