ZECT to launch report with solutions to ZE transition
CPT’s Zero Emission Coach Taskforce is preparing to launch its second report outlining solutions for the transition to ZE vehicles
The past 12 months have...
Our chance to extol the virtues of the sector?
While the £2 single fare cap has divided some, Ralph Roberts notes its effect on headlines – as well as the positive impact of...
Long-term bus funding: Strings attached if it arrives
What will 2023 hold for the bus industry? The primary hope must surely be that whatever decisions governments take, principally in relation to any...
PSVAR: Let us not forget medium-term deadlines
Peter Bradley urges operator involvement in the ongoing review of PSVAR and incremental steps to improve accessibility
It was on Wednesday 13 April last year,...
‘Bus modal shift challenges laid bare in WPI report’
The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) recently commissioned WPI Economics to analyse the role that modal shift of car journeys to coach and bus...
Spending cuts: A worrying time for the bus industry
Liz Truss’s failed administration will surely go down in history as one of the ineptest on record. It will certainly go down as the...
‘Bus prominence threatened by Westminster crises’
Please note that the information in this column may be affected by current events.
A newly elected party leader and Prime Minister normally expects their...
What could a Truss government mean for bus policy?
When the next issue of routeone is published, we will have a new leader of the Conservative party and a new Prime Minister. All...
What does current Tory drama mean for the bus industry?
Editor's note: This column was written before Grant Shapps' decision to withdrawn from the contest to become leader of the Conservative Party.
The political drama...
Bus funding in England: Approach is simply not fair
The Transport Committee has started to take oral evidence on its inquiry into the National Bus Strategy (NBS) for England, with the first set...
Steve Jackson back to Wrightbus as UK Sales Manager
Wrightbus has appointed Steve Jackson as UK Sales Manager. It represents a return to the Ballymena bus builder after almost five years away for...
