A coach operator verdict on growing bus company interest
There seems to be a growing trend of larger independent coach operators being purchased by big bus groups. My immediate…
Bus Open Data Service: Good and bad, but it is here to say
The Bus Open Data Service (BODS) was launched in 2020 on the sector providing registered local services in England; arguably,…
Will 2024 finally be the year of the zero-emission coach?
Over the last five years, nearly 100 zero tailpipe emission coach orders have been placed in the UK. Over 50…
Paul Lynch: At your service to promote CPT in the year ahead
It is a privilege to be the Confederation of Passenger Transport’s (CPT) President in its 50th year, and to have…
A collaborative approach is needed for rural bus decarbonisation
The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) team headed to Parliament on 28 February to launch the new report from its…
Trying to make sense of the political questions around bus imports
From time to time, members of parliament become a little exercised when local authorities place orders for new buses with…
Coach must align ever closer with tourism after Bourton debacle
The ongoing debacle of coach access to Bourton-on-the-Water has reached a new low with the approval of a motion by…
Six-minute window of bus punctuality tolerance: Time for TCs to act
In their 2018-19 Annual Report to the Secretary of State for Transport, the Traffic Commissioners (TCs) observed that the six-minute…
Working smarter and harder: The best method of coach utilisation?
Work smarter, not harder: Seldom an adage that applies to the human side of the coach and bus industry, where…
BSIP money: Spending it on fares reductions is short-term thinking
Bus fares have been political hot property ever since £2 cap schemes in England debuted. Reimbursement, and exit strategies should…
