The best things come in the smallest packages, the saying goes, and Coach and Bus UK delivered a compact event with quality buyers, according to many exhibitors. Feedback from vehicle exhibitors was that visitors provided a steady trickle rather than a deluge, but operators had made the journey to the NEC with serious intent. Almost […]
It’s three months since the London Mayor’s ULEZ scheme kicked into action in the former Congestion Charging zone, so we asked whether coach operators are seeing a traffic dividend. On the face of it, extending the car charge to include weekends should have produced a dip in congestion as car drivers reconsider their transport choice, […]
Operators into Birmingham – now delaying its Clean Air Zone until next summer – have been urged to apply for part of the £10m upgrade funding. The Confederation of Passenger Transport’s Midlands region says the city has now confirmed that the CAZ won’t start until July 2020 at the earliest, but says that the clock […]
A demand responsive transport service is now being trialled in London. Operated by Go-Ahead, passengers book their travel on the on-demand service using an app created by ViaVan. The 12-month trial is being carried out in Sutton, south London. Using mobile and predictive technology, GoSutton is aimed at finding out whether flexible demand responsive transport […]
It is more than two and a half years since I first drove the exciting new VW Crafter replacement for the popular LT Crafter. So what’s that got to do with MAN TGE? They are essentially the same vehicle save for the badging. The old LT was, of course, a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter body which was […]
Binswood Media, the organiser of ITT Hub 2020, has made two new appointments to its team. Nick Fielding joins as Event Director with Mel Holley also appointed to manage Content and Media Relations. Both Nick and Mel will report to CEO, Mark Griffin. A musician by training, Nick Fielding will bring experience in event management […]