Shapps ‘a consummate presenter’, but NBS message is lacking
The Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, is a consummate presenter, if nothing else. Every time he gets on…
‘Bus Service Improvement Plan timetable hurt by elections’
As 2021 unfolds, a key issue confronting the bus industry will increasingly be the deliverability of the National Bus Strategy…
‘How does coach strategy fit into a sector private to its core?’
The publication in March of a coach strategy – Backing Britain’s Coaches – by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)…
‘Bus industry must start to recognise changes in society’
I hope nobody of a nervous disposition watched Chancellor Rishi Sunak deliver his Budget on 3 March. He was impressively…
Will policy changes come to benefit bus in the long term?
Jessica Matthew, Director of Strategy at the Department for Transport (DfT), is moving across to the Roads, Places and Environment…
‘Difficult decisions lie ahead for bus service funding’
(Editor's note: This column was written before changes in regard to bus service provision in England during the 'lockdown' period…
‘National Bus Strategy must deliver proposals of substance’
At a recent online event organised by Transport Focus, Baroness Vere, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Transport with responsibility…
Does pandemic change the need for a National Bus Strategy?
A second national lockdown in England, based – it now seems – on out of date data and inaccurate modelling…
Will ‘bold’ plans for the bus industry see the light of day?
With mixed messages and possible ‘deadly’ decisions, our man in Westminster asks if the future of the bus hangs in…
Could subsidy classify bus operators as nationalised?
‘Integrity’ of the deregulated bus market could hang in the balance if passengers don’t get back on board, says our…
