Edited sentence: As bus operators say cannot expand business, refuse to accept that 'Quality Contracts' are the way forward for industry and say they will fight deregulation, at passengers' expense; as much as they can.Deregulation has been shown it does drive up cost of local authorities (quoted on BBC2 Documenty called 'Are we there yet.It is only the bus operators who refuse to have regulation, as they say it would harm their business.So has it been worth the fight for the last 30 years, or should deregulation become a thing of the past.The only thing is for how long; before passengers start to get fed up and start to lobby local authorities for more powers which they had been stripped of in 1985.The way forward is seen to be either 'Quality Partnerships' and 'Quality Contracts', which would give local authorities more powers although at present local authorities have no control to put 'Quality Contracts' into place.When they have to keep replacing timtables, bus shelters displays and signage, bus stations, route maps, printing costs, as well as additional administration costs