Volvo receives largest ever order for hybrid buses
Volvo Buses’ North American subsidiary, Nova Bus, has received an order for 497 hybrid buses from the transit authorities in…
NCT’s Trojan Bus is back
Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) Trojan Bus – which is an ordinary NCT bus, but with plain-clothed Police officers on board…
Check European diesel bans on Green-Zones
Hamburg has already introduced restrictions on diesel vehicles, and more German cities are expected to follow suit. To help drivers…
Women in engineering: Debunking myths
To mark International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2018 on 23 June, Emma Cygan, Design and Development engineer at steering system supplier Pailton Engineering debunks…
Drama in the House
I know everybody is thoroughly bored of Brexit, but just as I think the situation can’t become any more dramatic,…
Questioning the merits of deregulation…
I was surprised to hear Huw Merriman, the Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle and a member of the Transport…
Deregulation alone isn’t to blame
A while back the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) commissioned KPMG to undertake a study into the factors that influence…
The industry has a role to play
When I heard that the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, was attending the Confederation of Passenger Transport’s (CPT)…
What direction is the CPT is taking?
In this world of uncertainties: Brexit, Plan B and franchising, what’s in store for the coach and bus industry this…
A critical time in our history
Our Westminster Watcher gets down to the ‘more dramatic matters of state’ I read recently in the Confederation of Passenger…
