Make coaching hay – but remember your own wellbeing
It is 0730hrs and I am looking out of the office window wondering quite how I find myself in the…
Time for coach and bus to leverage green mindset
The Green Party’s recent success in English local elections may be the work of protest voters, but it could also…
Bus policy from Labour – is there anything new?
Labour unveiled its bus policy with much fanfare – but it is generally a rehash of what is already in…
‘Customer service focus washes through to recruitment’
I spent the 1980s driving as what was called at the time a one-man operator, starting the decade with the…
Joined-up thinking needed on driver shortages
Could the bus sector help coach operators with their recruitment issues? asks Confederation of Passenger Transport President Ralph Roberts. After…
‘There is a great opportunity for a solution to coach parking’
I have seen a noticeable decline in parking facilities in certain areas, especially in locations where real estate is valuable.…
‘Diverse leadership necessary for bus industry success’
The past few years have been a whirlwind for the bus industry with COVID-19, recovery, post-pandemic challenges, funding, inflation and…
Zero-emission pathway for coaches ‘becoming clearer’
The foreword to the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) Zero Emission Coach Taskforce report, Coach Route Map to Destination Zero,…
PSVAR – the call for evidence is approaching
It was back at the beginning of the year that I reminded coach operators of the minimum levels of PSVAR…
Opinion: Clean Air Zones should favour coach and bus
National policy on air-quality is wrong to penalise less harmful forms of transport, believes Confederation of Passenger Transport Chief Executive…
