A guide to registering and operating local bus services in England and Wales

Requirements

One or more TRCs can be placed on an operator’s licence by a traffic commissioner in response to a request from a traffic authority to resolve a particular traffic problem. A traffic commissioner cannot determine a TRC unless satisfied that such a condition is required to: (a) prevent danger to road users, or (b) reduce severe traffic congestion, or (c) reduce or limit noise or air pollution The purpose of a TRC can be to regulate: (a) the route of a bus service (b) the stopping places of a service (c) when a vehicle used in providing a bus service may stop and for how long (d) regulating the roads to be used and the manoeuvres to be performed when turning a vehicle in the provision of a service (e) limiting the number of vehicles which may be used, or the frequency at which vehicles may be operated, in the provision of a service along all or part of its route whether generally or during particular periods or at particular times (f) regulating the emission levels of vehicles used in pr