Challenges and questions remain for zero-emission bus transition
There was encouraging news in the end-of-year registration figures published recently by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showing…
The Employment Rights Act 2025 — matters for coach operators
The introduction of the new Employment Rights Act 2025 was fully explained by Gabrielle Scriven of Backhouse Jones at a…
Louise Cheeseman: reflections on three years of change at WiBC
As I prepare to step down as Chair of Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) three years after founding the…
Opinion: UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel thus far fails to deliver
UK bus builders will take little encouragement from the government’s effort to support domestic production, writes our Westminster insider The…
Another poor example of motorway service area coach parking
The enclosed photograph was taken at the Cambridge Extra motorway service area on 26 January at about 1730hrs, with designated…
DfT review of 50km restriction is warmly welcomed by coach sector
The 50km restriction on 18-19-year-old drivers is holding back our ability to attract new staff, writes Edwards Coaches' Commercial Manager…
Edinburgh Visitor Levy allocation to coach should be a blueprint
That an Edinburgh Coach Plan is in hand and funding for it has been allocated from the coming financial year’s…
Bus franchising must avoid return of ‘illogical’ fares boundaries
One positive aspect of the deregulated bus system was the explosion of daily, weekly and longer-duration tickets designed around logical…
The cleanest, lowest pollution transit mode we have: light rail
Graham’s Vidler’s opinion piece on light rail last year underestimated the single most important advantage that modern rail — especially…
London’s bus model isn’t a silver bullet for service improvements
Slow bus speeds in the capital contradict the often-repeated view about franchising What do mobility scooters, canal narrowboats and me…
