2024: What does the year hold in store for the coach sector?
Happy New Year. I tend to be an optimistic person and hope that, despite all that is going on around…
Six pleas on CPT’s new year wish-list for bus
The start of a new year is often a time for both reflection on the year just passed and looking…
Standing up and being counted for the UK’s vital coach industry
It is remarkable that in 2024 coaches aren’t given the recognition that they rightly deserve. On Christmas Day, intercity operators,…
Hull bus lanes hours reduction draws East Yorkshire Buses ire
A reduction in the operating times of bus lanes in Hull to peak hours only has been attacked by local…
BSOG reform being ‘progressed’, minister tells CPT Conference
Long-awaited overhauls of the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) and concessionary travel scheme in England are being “progressed”, promised Under-Secretary…
Update to original Bus Service Improvement Plan work is called for
Local transport authorities (LTAs) in England outside London have been told to advance “thorough" updates to their original Bus Service…
Road transport ‘has politicians’ full support’, minister tells gathering
Road transport has “the full support of politicians,” and the government wants an improved relationship with it, Under-Secretary of State…
Government criticised over Section 19 school minibuses inaction
Campaigners have reacted angrily to an admission from Under-Secretary of State for Transport Guy Opperman that the government is not…
Bus funding in England: Central and local government conflict clear
Ringfenced funding given to local authorities in England for buses and bus services is welcome, despite its largely short-term nature.…
Hampshire is next to plot bus support cuts because of budget woes
Hampshire County Council (HCC) is a further local authority in England to plan swingeing cuts to its support of bus…
