‘Inclusivity starts in the cab environment’
For decades, like many aspects of bus design, the cab area has remained largely unchanged, and certainly no holistic review…
Coach industry left out of zero-emission funding — yet again
The UK government has announced £120 million in new funding to promote zero-emission (ZE) vehicles, supporting businesses, fleets, and taxi…
It’s time for a decision to be made on Bourton coach parking
It still blows my mind how obstructive the behaviours are in the governmental powers controlling the coach parking and drop-off…
Integrated transport: A key opportunity for coach and bus
As someone who has been around a while, it feels to me that the debate on integrated transport has rumbled…
Focus on absent policy in coach and bus decarbonisation continues
News that 2024 saw a 16-year high in deliveries of new coaches, buses and minibuses to the UK market was…
Running a compliant PSV operation: The ever-growing challenge
The compliance landscape for coach and bus has long been intricate, and there can be no argument that barriers to…
The critical importance of bus speeds: Not a complicated argument
Is the critical importance of bus speeds to service performance in multiple metrics taken seriously enough by both the industry…
Scheduled coach services must be part of integrated transport work
Scheduled coach services – and thus coaches in general – have gained visibility in recent years, during which time the…
ScotZEB2: Sequel the coach industry was waiting for, says Maynes
Welcome back to Switched On, a series of articles that highlight stories, insights and projects from Zenobē’s operator partners in…
VEV: Independent bus operators key to UK decarbonisation efforts
The UK has tough targets for decarbonisation, and the bus sector will play a significant part in that, believes VEV…
