Time for Westminster to drop advice to avoid public transport
Ever since the scale of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic became known, Boris Johnson and his government have wasted no opportunity to stress the need...
Don’t forget commercial home-to-school transport…
Continued payment for contracted home-to-school transport remains a hot topic for the industry. And rightly so. For some operators, reimbursement at 100% of those...
Postponed Euro Bus Expo allows attention to turn to 2021
News that Euro Bus Expo has been postponed to 2021 may have initially added to the downbeat feel that has gripped the industry since...
PSVAR: Government failures leave no hope of a solution
In a change from the previous norm, PSVAR in the coach industry now bubbles away relatively quietly in the background. Growing concerns around the...
Will older drivers want to return post-COVID-19?
Getting back to some semblance of normality is the industry’s holy grail of the moment. More passengers equals more vehicles in use equals more...
Social distancing: The elephant in the room
There is an elephant in the room that is going to affect every coach and bus operator in the land: Social distancing. Numerous calculations have...
School contract payments need to be maintained at 100%
Ongoing payments by local authorities (LAs) for home-to-school contract work should be one of the few reliable sources of income for operators under current...
Hydrogen fuel cell in coach and bus: Is its time here?
Perhaps just one conclusion can be drawn from developments in the past fortnight that does not concern coronavirus COVID-19. It is that hydrogen fuel...
Approach to coach leisure support must change
Governments’ messages surrounding support for the coach and bus industry have been mixed since the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic broke. Some, such as the COVID-19...
Don’t fall into the short-term thinking trap
For many operators, it’s difficult to see more than a few days ahead. Some wonder whether they will still have a business then. Understandably...
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QPaths automates home-to-school assessements for LAs
QRoutes, a provider of software solutions to local authority (LA) transport planners, has launched QPaths. The new product will automate the assessment of children’s...
Warrington’s Own Buses takes 86 AirBubbl filter units
Warrington’s Own Buses has installed 86 AirBubbl units from AirLabs into the cabs of its vehicles to protect drivers from the risk of airborne...
Call for one-year testing exemption for ‘highly compliant’
The difficulty of returning heavy vehicle testing to normal in the wake of a temporary halt earlier this year has been underlined by a...
