The plan to charge coaches for access to Cambridge (B&CB 1641, 9 December 2022) has drawn a barrage of criticism from coach operators and trade associations. In its consultation exercise, the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s (GCP) ‘Making Connections 2022’ sets out a huge bus investment plan of £50m a year followed by, in 2027, a congestion […]
As I write, we’re just putting the final touches to the 23 December issue. I have just one working day before I mentally wave cheerio to 2022 at Bus & Coach Buyer and join my family for a nice break from business. I know that many of our readers will be working through the festive […]
Following the United Nation’s Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Bus Users UK has joined forces with Women in Transport to highlight how we can all help to make public transport safer for everyone. The two organisations have come up with an action plan ‘Making Public Transport Safer’for people travelling, working or running […]
Intended to be staged biennially in the build up to the FIAA bus and coach exhibition in Madrid, the Minibus Euro Test returned last week after last year’s planned event was a Covid casualty. Organised by the Spanish magazine autobuses & autocares, IFEMA Madrid and the FIAA on behalf of the International Bus & Coach […]
A new report has found that, without bolder bus and coach policies being adopted urgently, net zero targets will not be met. The new modelling finds that current government policy will increase uptake of buses among passengers by 10% by 2050 – but to meet net zero goals, bus use must rise by 79%. And […]
A special summit, convened by the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), was held in London on Tuesday [29 November] to tackle driver shortages facing the bus and coach industry. With a nationwide 10% (9.3% bus, 15.9% coach) driver vacancy rate, representatives from bus and coach operators, stakeholder bodies, combined […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has announced that Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill’s Bus Group, will continue as CPT’s President until the end of January 2024, with a one-year extension to his current term. Ralph Roberts has over 40 years of knowledge of the transport sector. Roberts has spent the past 13 years as Chief […]
Euro Bus Expo proved that absence makes the heart grow fonder, with great atmosphere and a flood of vehicle orders. Here’s our pick of the exhibitors and vehicles, with apologies to so many who didn’t make the final cut ADL ADL’s big news was the unveiling of it’s the hydrogen Enviro400FCEV and the announcement of […]