Heavy vehicle testing backlog: A solution is needed now
News that heavy vehicle testing will gradually restart from 4 July is welcome. But the question that needs an urgent…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
