TfL’s bus operational management team has received two Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell electric cars. The two vehicles are powered by hydrogen and emit zero emissions. They are for use in undertaking a number of tasks including checking bus route diversions and carrying out site meetings. Their fuel cell stack converts hydrogen into electricity to drive […]
BUSK is to hold the School Transport Safety Conference 2015, which is aimed at anyone with a responsibility to make or approve transport arrangements for others. Day one concerns school trips in the UK and abroad and is to be chaired by CPT’s South West Regional Manager, John Burch. Day two is on home to […]
Over 10,000 fast moving items have been catalogued by Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) and are now available online (www.adlparts.direct). Over the past 12 months, the ADL team has made a significant investment in cataloguing thousands of items, photographing and, where appropriate, presenting them as diagrams and drawings in an effort to achieve quick and trouble […]
A trial of Timespace Technology’s upper deck seat indicator technology in London has been extended. Following a successful assessment on a route 141 bus last year, TfL has expanded the trial to a whole route. The equipment is now being used on service 59 between Kings Cross St Pancras and Streatham Hill (Telford Avenue) via […]
According to a report by market researchers, Freedonia, worldwide demand for buses is projected to rise by more than 5% per annum to over 600,000 units in 2018, twice as fast as the 2008-2013 rate of increase. Entitled ‘World Buses’, the study says the number of buses in use worldwide is expected to exceed 8m […]
CPT has made some changes to its teams in the East Midlands, Yorkshire and London & South East, as well as at its Operations Department at Drury House in the capital. Keith McNally, the current Manager for the East Midlands and Yorkshire regions, has been promoted to the newly created role of Operations Manager at […]
Campaign for Better Transport is using crowdfunding, a form of online money pledging, to help fund awareness raising initiatives on the importance of bus services. The campaign group’s Bus Rescue Mission aims to reach the £5,000 donation mark to finance workshops for local groups in six key areas. They are aimed at explaining what locals […]
A 26 space coach park at Stonehenge Visitor Centre has been approved by Wiltshire Council. This is in addition to the current 30 spaces. English Heritage is to convert farmland near the existing coach park. The plans include the introduction of a newly created pedestrian route, as well as a number of improvements to the […]