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‘Bus industry must start to recognise changes in society’

I hope nobody of a nervous disposition watched Chancellor Rishi Sunak deliver…

Will policy changes come to benefit bus in the long term?

Jessica Matthew, Director of Strategy at the Department for Transport (DfT), is…

‘Difficult decisions lie ahead for bus service funding’

(Editor's note: This column was written before changes in regard to bus…

‘National Bus Strategy must deliver proposals of substance’

At a recent online event organised by Transport Focus, Baroness Vere, Parliamentary…

Does pandemic change the need for a National Bus Strategy?

A second national lockdown in England, based – it now seems –…

Will ‘bold’ plans for the bus industry see the light of day?

With mixed messages and possible ‘deadly’ decisions, our man in Westminster asks…

Could subsidy classify bus operators as nationalised?

‘Integrity’ of the deregulated bus market could hang in the balance if…

The bus industry needs to be ‘careful what it wishes for’

Train operators have effectively become nationalised with the coronavirus bailout– do coach…

Coronavirus: The impact on the economy

The coronavirus has had a massive impact on travel demand, and transport…

Buses main subject at Transport Questions

Can buses operations elsewhere in the country really be the same as…