Founder and former Director of social enterprise operation HCT Group, Dai Powell OBE, passed away earlier this month. A former coal miner, Dai joined HCT as a bus cleaner and worked his way up through the business over his 29 years there. He was instrumental in transforming the entity from a small community transport provider […]
Go-Ahead is embarking on a mission to achieve 50% gender equality by 2035. The operator is making the announcement on International Women’s Day. Also as part of efforts to step away from the typically male-dominated bus and coach sector, it is launching a new initiative to attract and recruit 1,500 new women drivers across its […]
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is to display seven of its new electric Yutong single-deckers entering service in the Old Market Square in Nottingham on 9 March, btween 10am and 3pm. Following a successful joint bid by NCT and Nottingham City Council to the DfT’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) Fund, NCT has ordered 48 […]
Electric fleet solutions provider, VEV, is collaborating with Ayrshire-based operator Shuttle Buses. Shuttle Buses is the first independent operator to confirm an order for Alexander Dennis’ Enviro100EV. The purchase is supported by existing funding from the first phase of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Zero-Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB). VEV has already installed charging infrastructure at […]
Two thirds of the flagship hydrogen fleet launched last summer by Go-Ahead on Brighton & Hove’s Fastway services has been grounded by red tape, and Liverpool’s hydrogen fleet is also facing hydrogen shortages. The fleet of 20 Wrights Hydroliner Kite single-decks were heralded as the ZE future, offering greater range than battery-electric buses, but the […]
A step towards bus franchising has been taken in South Yorkshire. A Franchising Assessment has stated that buses in the region should be taken back under public control with depots and fleet owned by the Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) as the preferred option for bus reform. The Franchising Assessment report is subject to approval at […]
Perhaps of most note to the bus and coach industry in today’s Spring Budget is the continued freeze on fuel duty. The announcement has gained some support and some criticism. The government has decided to continue the freeze on fuel duty and maintain the 5p-cut for a further 12 months. All planned increases to fuel […]
INIT Innovations in Transportation has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a new technology system for London’s buses. The transport tech company is providing onboard, back office and support services for TfL. INIT is to provide an onboard computer (OBU) and ancillary devices for all TfL buses. The equipment will be used to […]