SPT bosses meet to discuss franchising Glasgow buses
The project is expected to cost around £15m and take around five to seven years.
Bosses at Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) are holding a meeting to talk about franchising Glasgow's bus network.
The proposals are expected to cost around £15m and take around five to seven years.
However, bus operators are warning it could hamper investment in public transport.
Managing Director at First Bus Duncan Cameron told Greatest Hits Radio: "Spending millions of pounds on franchising is not the way to improve journey times and fares.
"We can't afford to think this is a silver bullet to the problems we face just now.
"That risks letting Glasgow down."
Campaigners are going to protest outside SPT's offices in the city later demanding something is done to address the declining bus market.
Chief executive Valerie Davidson said: "We need to have some democratic responsibility for these services and accountability when they don't turn up or disappear altogether.
"I am not sure if I will ever be able to convince bus operators that franchising is the way forward, but bus usage has declined over the last two decades and we need to fix it.
"This is not about us saying the operators are doing something wrong and we are doing something right, we simply need to work together to make these services better."