Detailed, long-term bus funding plans still missing
Bus industry funding is always a big issue, with the approach very different in England, Scotland and Wales. In Scotland,…
Bus depot visit shows zero-emission challenge for coach
Zemo Partnership and Abellio (together with partners Enel X, ESP Utilities Group, Cleaner EV, Wrightbus and Rock Rail subsidiary Rock…
Will funding save the bus sector from widespread cuts?
The newly announced package of support from Westminster may not go far enough, writes our political insider Welcome as it…
Is approach to recording drivers’ activities over the top?
Compliance. My heart sinks when I know I am going to have to spend some quality time looking at drivers’…
Celebrating 20 years of Zemo Partnership
Zemo Partnership Project Officer Tim Griffen reflects on Zemo Partnership’s 20 years of pioneering work in public transport As we…
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…
