An additional expenditure of up to £61.4 million to enable Scotland’s bus operators to maintain services during the Covid-19 pandemic has been approved by the Scottish Government. The new funding extends the support of up to £191.3 million provided to increase bus services since June 2020. The money is to cover the period 1 April […]
Transport for London (TfL) is to reintroduce measures similar to those introduced during the autumn school term as pupils return to the classroom from 8 March. These include providing hundreds of extra buses and reintroducing the system of signed ‘School Service’ buses, as well as encouraging walking and cycling. The measures are intended to help […]
Construction work is underway on the Sprint bus route designed to deliver improved journey times and more reliable services linking Walsall, Birmingham and Solihull. The Sprint bus corridor along the A45 and A34 will feature new and extended bus lanes and give buses priority at junctions to beat the traffic jams. Construction work has now […]
Temporary operators have been called in by Go North West to keep its network running during strikes. The strike action has been taken by some of the operators’ Unite trade union members due to a dispute over pay and working practice changes. The Go-Ahead-owned operator has brought in operators from across the region to run […]
Stagecoach has announced a major investment in new technology it says will help plan bus networks post-pandemic. The operator is to roll-out the Optibus software platform. This software is used in more than 450 cities around the world and uses a combination of artificial intelligence, advanced algorithms and cloud computing to deliver smarter timetables and […]
Last week’s government roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England provided confirmation that ITT Hub 2021 can open its doors on 30 June and 1 July at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. The event falls into step three of the criteria, whereby events can open after 17th May subject to the milestones set […]
As a result of the ongoing coronavirus restrictions that will be effective in April, the decision has been taken to postpone the 2021 South East Bus Festival and the Kent County Agricultural Society’s Heritage Transport Show, of which it is a part, until later in the year. Originally scheduled to be held at Kent Showground […]
Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) has announced its next generation double-deck hydrogen bus will deliver a zero-emission range of up to 300 miles. It will be powered by a Ballard fuel cell power module through the Voith Electrical Drive System (VEDS). Designed and fully built in Britain, ADL’s next generation hydrogen double-decker is being developed under […]