Driver CPC reform to roll out from 2024 as legislation is laid
Enactment of Driver CPC (DCPC) reform is set to begin this year after legislation around the changes was laid before…
West Midlands bus franchising process set to start in 2025: Mayor
The process for franchising bus services in the West Midlands is hoped to begin in 2025, with the first such…
New mayors have the power to improve coach and bus services
Our President’s column this month highlights some of the issues we’re grappling with ahead of the much-anticipated general election. However,…
Spring elections keep bus franchising to the forefront
No amount of sugar-coating can disguise how bad the local and mayoral elections, along with the Blackpool South by-election, were…
Bus must align itself with other political priorities, CPT advocates
Ensuring that bus sits well with other political priorities beyond the general election is at the centre of Confederation of…
SME bus operators ‘must feed into pre-election policy debate’
SME bus operators should use time before the general election to feed into policy matters that impact them, ALBUM members…
Bus services ‘are in a hybrid age’, says Go-Ahead’s Martin Dean
Bus services are entering a third post-deregulation “hybrid” age as a reflection of their operating climate, Go-Ahead Group Managing Director…
Zero-emission must sit with wider bus policy objectives: Warrington
Zero-emission buses should sit alongside wider bus policy work and funding if they are to maximise their impact, representatives of…
How can bus franchising be made to work better for SMEs?
Bus franchising is underway or has been signalled in each of England, Scotland and Wales. It is a controversial topic…
Labour’s grand plans for bus need substance
When I started in the bus industry in the 1980s, it had a poor image and a low profile. Then,…
