routeone Awards: A constant in the coach and bus calendar
Nominations for the 2025 routeone Awards have been plentiful, with like-for-like totals thus far above the same point in 2024.…
AI in coach and bus: Will it ever replace a skilled human hand?
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is ever more established in the coach and bus industry, particularly among larger operators and…
AI ‘will drive industry efficiency’, Big Coach Conversation hears
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) will drive efficiencies in the coach industry, delegates at The Big Coach Conversation on 27…
Coach and bus is front and centre of solving the NEET conundrum
Among reforms to social security is work to push more young people into employment, education or training. The claim of…
Come summer, how will the coach sector move forward on net zero?
As an industry we are by now well accustomed to the language of decarbonisation. Among the policy signals and good…
Is holy grail of longer-term bus funding in England coming at last?
Bus services in England may well gain a three-year funding settlement out of the spending review, Local Transport Minister Simon…
Fines based on profits: The cost of operating correctly?
I write having recently encountered a report wherein a company had been fined following a diesel spillage, and a lack…
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…
