Bus Services Bill driver training powers: No silo approach needed
The Bus Services (No. 2) Bill – currently making progress – includes powers to mandate training of bus drivers in…
Coach accessibility worries back to the fore with PSVAR survey
The long-held undercurrent of concern around what the review of PSVAR could mean for accessibility in some parts of the…
The importance of looking into the industry from the outside
Most within coach and bus will likely see the industry’s public perception as being one that is anchored by well-presented…
routeone Awards: A constant in the coach and bus calendar
Nominations for the 2025 routeone Awards have been plentiful, with like-for-like totals thus far above the same point in 2024.…
AI in coach and bus: Will it ever replace a skilled human hand?
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is ever more established in the coach and bus industry, particularly among larger operators and…
Coach and bus is front and centre of solving the NEET conundrum
Among reforms to social security is work to push more young people into employment, education or training. The claim of…
Come summer, how will the coach sector move forward on net zero?
As an industry we are by now well accustomed to the language of decarbonisation. Among the policy signals and good…
Is holy grail of longer-term bus funding in England coming at last?
Bus services in England may well gain a three-year funding settlement out of the spending review, Local Transport Minister Simon…
Running a compliant PSV operation: The ever-growing challenge
The compliance landscape for coach and bus has long been intricate, and there can be no argument that barriers to…
The critical importance of bus speeds: Not a complicated argument
Is the critical importance of bus speeds to service performance in multiple metrics taken seriously enough by both the industry…
