‘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…
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…
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Editor's note: This column was written before Grant Shapps' decision to withdrawn from the contest to become leader of the…
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,…
Has DfT accepted that National Bus Strategy is a pipedream?
Having spent months preparing Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs), surely one of the most comprehensive reviews of English local transport…
BSIP funding allocation ‘displays a lack of political nous’
Reading the press release that accompanied the Department for Transport (DfT) announcement on the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding…
‘Where we go from here is anybody’s guess’
£150m over six months, with nothing more to come, feels more like a sticking plaster than a long-term solution, suggests…
Government short-termism: The bane of buses in England
Buses Minister Baroness Vere has said that the Department for Transport (DfT) deliberately did not give local transport authorities (LTAs)…
Will 2022 be a defining year for the bus industry?
With continued government ‘incompetence’ and potential service cuts, the year ahead could be a lively one politically, but problematic for…
Time to hold ‘the government’s feet to the fire’
With the appointment of a new Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, will the ‘contradiction at the heart of the…
