Welsh Government plan bill to reform bus services
Bill ‘will seek to reverse negative impacts of deregulation’ through enabling public control of bus services The Welsh Government (WG)…
West Mids plan for rapid bus hits next stage
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has published a legal notice of intent for its first two Sprint rapid bus services.…
Abellio London uses fingerprint drug testing kit
Abellio London has adopted a new, non-invasive fingerprint-based drug testing solution from Intelligent Fingerprinting. It delivers testing that is quicker…
Backhouse Jones: Bringing transport law to the masses
Transport law specialist Backhouse Jones can trace its lineage back 200 years. Today, it is focused on using a knowledge…
IRTE Skills Challenge crowns its winners for 2019
Coach and bus industry comes together to celebrate the top engineers in the sector The winners of this year’s IRTE…
Beware an extension of PSVAR in coaches
PSVAR will grow to capture all coaches that are used on in-scope work from 1 January 2020. How will it…
Westminster Watch: The new bee is buzzing…
As the CPT’s new CEO gets his feet under the table, our man in Westminster is happy to eat his…
Is it time to tackle buses’ perception problem?
Research conducted by the rail industry has revealed that a perception problem surrounds buses. Is it time to tackle it? Yes,…
Funding for buses: What should the answer be?
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged £1.3bn per year for buses, to be funded by Vehicle Excise Duty. Is that a fair…
Baby on Board’ badge campaign launches in Ireland
Transport for Ireland has launched its ‘Baby on Board’ badge campaign. Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead, Luas and Iarnród Éireann…
