Bus repower to zero-emission: 2025 set to be a pivotal year
Back in 2021, Zemo Partnership and industry collaborators identified opportunity to repower mid-life diesel buses to zero-emission alternatives and considered…
Industry split over potential for National DCPC pass or fail via periodic test
The industry remains split over proposals for a pass-or-fail option to be included in the new National Driver CPC (DCPC)…
Make 2025 the year you major on holistic workplace health
On 6 January St John Ambulance declared 2025 the year of holistic workplace health, sounding a warning that traditional concepts…
Could Bus Services Bill help to address decline in rural provision?
Amid the government’s highly publicised promise of a once-in-a-generation revolution in bus services, the spotlight has been shone on the…
How subcontracting can help SME bus operator franchising worries
Use of subcontracting in bus franchising could be one relatively easy means of protecting the interests of incumbent small- and…
Some more memories of the Bristol to Street 376 route
I read with great interest The Whisperer’s piece in the December 2024 issue of routeone about the group who are fans…
Championing a bright future for women in coach and bus
Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) has now been in existence since June 2023. Since our launch, it has been…
The importance of a winter plan to coach and bus operation
Winter brings several challenges for the coach and bus sector. For bus operators, passenger numbers – and thus revenue –…
PCV driving test numbers in long-term fall but pass rate increasing
The number of PCV driving tests being taken in Great Britain lags well behind volumes seen in previous decades although…
Bus reregulation: Learning the lessons from London
A couple of columns back, I wrote about what it’s like to operate buses in London, adding that I’d share…
