Time for political action on diesel prices is now, Chancellor
Diesel prices are causing great strife for operators that cannot hedge supplies. Some increases can be recovered via rates or…
Data: A key to the zero-emission coach and bus transition
As zero-emission starts to become the standard for buses, operators and local authorities (LAs) are considering the role that data…
Bus funding in England: Approach is simply not fair
The Transport Committee has started to take oral evidence on its inquiry into the National Bus Strategy (NBS) for England,…
Of weddings and exit plans: Coach operators, consider both
Like many coach operators I assume, we started off life as a local company mainly serving the clubs, schools and…
Has DfT accepted that National Bus Strategy is a pipedream?
Having spent months preparing Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs), surely one of the most comprehensive reviews of English local transport…
UKCOA Interview: Anthony Marett
Peter Bradley converses with Anthony Marett, who is the new Vice Chair of UKCOA Anthony Marett is best known in…
‘A credit to the individual operators and the industry as a whole’
Ann and Paul Cousins of Coach Displays deserve to be congratulated on successfully staging the return of the UK Coach…
NBS ‘only a reasonable start at best’
While he welcomed the Natonal Bus Strategy and the vision that created it, CPT President Ralph Roberts argues ‘a lack of…
Digital dilemma: Build products with end users in mind
There are many examples of operators large and small transitioning away from long-established, paper-based maintenance systems to electronic alternatives. The…
Will leisure travel be the bus industry’s saviour?
Bus industry opinion on the scope of post-COVID-19 passenger recovery varies. Informed analysis says that sector-wide, at most 91% of…
