It’s time to sort out bridge strikes once and for all
Is it really beyond the wit of man to sort out the problem of bridge strikes once and for all? I would submit the best way…
Martyn Bellis: ‘Looking to the future can help us cope with the now’
Planning ahead can be challenging in times of crisis. But reliable, efficient and clean transport is integral to our future…
Opinion: The painful reality of a pandemic on operators
Looking through the office window with the phones not ringing and the emails not pinging, the reality of the current…
Change of political line is required for future industry prosperity
The industry continues to battle for survival. Central to that is being able to draw passengers back. Earlier momentum of…
Siemens: ‘We want to support the coach and bus community and emerge from this time stronger’
Martyn Bellis, Business Development Manager Bus and Coach at Siemens Financial Services in the UK, asks how looking to the…
PSVAR: Never far away
As the schools return and operators start to see something of normality, the issue of Public Service Vehicle Accessibility Regulations…
Using home-to-school as a hook for coach support is the right move
Use of home-to-school transport by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) as a ‘hook’ upon which to hang a second…
Cool heads must prevail as coach industry support bid culminates
It is not unrealistic to say that the coach and bus industry, in general, has long had something of an…
Bus franchising: ‘Lots more thought required before implementation’
Matthew Moll, Senior Consultant at The TAS Partnership, offers a response to Abellio's proposals for bus franchising - and observes…
‘Bus Open Data Service will require a new approach to service delivery’
The government’s Bus Open Data Service promises to create a ‘golden age’ for passengers by merging information on timetables, fares…



















