Local Transport Minister, Simon Lightwood, has visited Westway community transport to mark Community Transport Week. The Minister heard at the Westbourne Park-based operation how services step in to fill the gap where users might not be able to use conventional public transport or drive. To support services, the government currently makes up to £3.8m available […]
Campaign for Better Transport is calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to give buses a ‘boost’ in forthcoming Budget. To promote economic growth, meet net zero targets and reduce air pollution, the campaign group argues the government should be investing in bus networks and encouraging more people to use buses by making fares more affordable. Campaign […]
Uncertainty over the fate of the £2 fare cap after the 31 December 2024 cut-off point continues. The most recent development is press reports claiming Rachel Reeves is considering cutting or scrapping the fare cap in the Budget. The news follows a parliamentary questions session last week where questions over the £2 fare cap were […]
Software-as-a-Service fleet management provider Tranzaura is working on new solutions for the bus industry, which it is to reveal more about at the Euro Bus Expo. The news comes as Transdev has said it ‘wholeheartedly’ embraces its solution from Tranzaura. As of September 2024, over 11,000 buses in England (36%) now use the Tranzaura App […]
Greater Manchester’s Bee Network is set to introduce its first new bus route later this month. From 27 October, a new 615 service will connect Wigan with Middlebrook retail park. The hourly service restores a link to the popular retail park that was lost four years ago. In addition, there will be twice as many […]
McGill’s Buses has welcomed Jim Fairlie MSP, Scottish Government Minister for Connectivity, to its Johnstone depot. The politician took a tour of the operator’s facilities and discussed the company’s ambitious journey towards a zero-emission future. The visit coincides with McGill’s celebrating a significant milestone: having covered 12 million electric miles with its growing fleet of […]
Alexander Dennis has today (11 October 2024) announced that Zemo Partnership testing has confirmed a 97% charging efficiency for its next-generation electric buses. This should deliver further financial benefits for customers by reducing total cost of ownership, the manufacturer emphasises. Alexander Dennis says this charging efficiency has been achieved by careful system integration and optimisation, […]
ShuttleID, the school bus ticketing platform, has launched a new style of digital bus ticket for use with ‘brick’ phones. The new ‘Brickets’ development is designed to support an emerging trend of brick phone adoption by parents of school children. ShuttleID’s new brick phone ticket technology is driven by a QR code that displays on […]