Of floating bus stops and electric coach depot charging support
A decision to “pause” design work in England around the shared-space variant of the already controversial floating bus stop is…
Autonomous vehicles will come – but staff need is going nowhere
A between-the-lines conclusion from a report by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) on elements of autonomous coach, bus and private…
Coach industry consolidation: Is McGill’s the latest player in town?
The coach industry consolidation story has continued with a new buyer of smaller, family-owned operators emerging in McGill’s Group through…
Interim PSV O-Licence introduction: A decade’s lack of progress
In 2019, the Department for Transport (DfT) consulted on proposed changes to O-Licensing that majored on introducing an interim PSV…
How do home-to-school contracts sit alongside bus franchising?
That bus franchising is coming to England, Wales and potentially Scotland too is known and understood. But what its spread…
Local transport funding in England: Devil in the detail, as ever
Clarity on local transport funding in England via the spending review outcome is welcome, as was made clear by the…
Is an open-door policy needed for coach and bus recruitment?
Attracting the next generation of staff is a conundrum, although a scroll of LinkedIn or observation of coaches and buses…
DfT report hints at coach accessibility work going beyond vehicles
Research into coach and bus service accessibility commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) has been published around a year…
Contract pricing conundrum: Unlikely to get easier any time soon
A telling line from provisional liquidators of coach operator Fishers Tours cites fixed contract income coupled to rising costs as…
Franchising not the default, even for Labour mayors?
In the debate on how best to fix England's bus networks franchising has become the banner waved most proudly by…
