‘Incredible year as CPT President’
Jane Cole reflects on 2021 as her time as CPT President draws to a close and Ralph Roberts takes the reigns I am really looking forward to 2022. In…
DfT: Response to recent comments made about BODS
I write in response to recent comments about the Bus Open Data Service (BODS). The Department for Transport (DfT) understands…
UKCOA member interview: Longmynd Travel
Peter Bradley converses with UKCOA member Val Sheppard-Evans of Longmynd Travel Nestled on the edge of the Shropshire Hills in…
Little sign of coach and bus industry certainty as 2022 opens
2022 begins with uncertainty. While for coaching the launch of separate awareness campaigns by two trade bodies has the potential…
UKCOA: Together we can achieve so much more
From COVID-19 effects to tackling key topics in the coach industry, Peter Bradley reflects on the year gone by At the start of 2021, we were…
Contract award change could drive coach decarbonisation shift
The coach industry and its stakeholders are undertaking work on reducing the sector’s environmental impact and facilitating its eventual zero-emission…
Public transport: Forging a new role in the world?
As the year ends, Jane Cole considers how public transport can gear up to modernise, decarbonise and digitise services The…
‘Want to avoid closures? Know your roads’
Following recent articles concerning motorway closures during road traffic collisions, I would like to point out the following. Forty years…
Time is now to get ready for a zero-emission coach future
Decarbonisation of the coach industry will take time but getting ahead of the game is key for operators, highlights CPT’s Zero Emission Coaches conference Patience, planning…
A message to DfT: ‘Remove BODS until it works for everyone’
In the first week of lockdown number one, we as a small operator were approached by the Department for Transport…
