Bus investment offers treasury great value for money
A relatively small amount of investment into bus could go a long way, says CPT Chief Executive Graham Vidler No…
Buses inquiry extends parliamentary focus on sector – opinion
The Transport Select Committee started to take oral evidence on its inquiry “Buses Connecting Communities” on 26 February. Further, the…
Finding bus franchising solution for SME operators is imperative
A Bus Centre of Excellence webinar on plans for buses in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough included a clear indication that the…
‘Inclusivity starts in the cab environment’
For decades, like many aspects of bus design, the cab area has remained largely unchanged, and certainly no holistic review…
Coach industry left out of zero-emission funding — yet again
The UK government has announced £120 million in new funding to promote zero-emission (ZE) vehicles, supporting businesses, fleets, and taxi…
It’s time for a decision to be made on Bourton coach parking
It still blows my mind how obstructive the behaviours are in the governmental powers controlling the coach parking and drop-off…
Integrated transport: A key opportunity for coach and bus
As someone who has been around a while, it feels to me that the debate on integrated transport has rumbled…
Focus on absent policy in coach and bus decarbonisation continues
News that 2024 saw a 16-year high in deliveries of new coaches, buses and minibuses to the UK market was…
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…
