A new look £1m bus station and cycle hub has opened in Leigh, Greater Manchester. The facility is a key part of the bus priority package currently being introduced in the region. It is to serve as a terminus for guided busway services linking passengers with Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley, Salford and Manchester city centre […]
Senior traffic police officers from all over Europe have called for better protection of vulnerable road users at the recent conference of TISPOL, the European Traffic Police Network. Attendees also urged greater efforts to rid Europe’s roads of the most dangerous drivers. Another message at the conference was that road safety targets are a good […]
UK transport infrastructure investment is projected to increase at an average annual rate of about 5% between 2014 and 2025, according to analysis by multinational professional services network, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Rail infrastructure and airports investment is expected to almost double by 2025, with growth rates of over 6% per annum respectively. Investment in sea ports […]
Professor Richard Wilding OBE FCILT is the new Chairman of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT). Richard has been a member of the Institute since 1992 and a Board member since 2011. He is also Chair (Full Professor) in Supply Chain Strategy at the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain […]
FirstGroup Plc is trading in line with management’s expectations, according to an update on its trading for the six months to 30 September 2015. Its UK Bus operations’ transformation plan continues to deliver growth in commercial passenger revenues of more than 2% in the first half. However this was partially offset by the ongoing weakness […]
A range extended electric bus and truck chassis from a new to the industry business begins its testing programme in the UK this month. The company involved, Charge R&D Ltd, is headed by former Optare director, Glenn Saint. Taking the role of Technical Director Charge, Glenn directs a team of 40 engineers. The company has […]
Lord Adonis has resigned the Labour Party whip and become a cross-bench peer to lead George Osborne’s new body to plan infrastructure projects. The National Infrastructure Commission Adonis now heads is intended to take the politics out of infrastructure decisions in order to create a national consensus on what must be done, initially focusing on […]
Total new bus and coach registrations increased 43.9% in September 2015 (compared to the same month last year) to reach 1,134 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The rolling year figure was 8,658, 16.3% up from the same month in 2014. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, said, […]