Emily Willox, a pupil at Broomhill Primary, was picked the overall winner of First Glasgow’s Bus Art competition. School children across the operator’s network area were invited to submit drawings, paintings and collages to the bus company on the subject of bus travel. The artwork has been used to decorate the hoardings at the construction […]
Nanjing, the ancient capital of China, is transforming its public transport fleet with an order for more than 1,000 pure electric BYD buses and taxis. Initially the city has placed into service a fleet of 50 BYD ebuses and, before the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing later this year, the city will take delivery of […]
Europe’s long term lending institution, the European Investment Bank, has agreed to contribute £175m towards the completion of the motorway link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The investment programme will include both completion of the M8 between the cities and major improvements to the M73 and M74. The new Motorway Improvements Project is expected to bring […]
Former Daimler AG board member with responsibility for buses, Andreas Renschler, has been named Board of Management member for Commercial Vehicles at Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VW). The new role will be effective from 1 February 2015 and will see him take over from Dr. Leif Östling, who is set to retire next year. Renschler holds degrees […]
Arriva has renewed a ten year contract to operate bus services in the Slovenian coastal city of Koper. The new deal is worth over £11.56m/€14m. It will begin on 1 September and will see the introduction of 12 new Mercedes-Benz Citaros and Sprinter City low-emission vehicles alongside new smartcard ticketing technology. The operator currently runs […]
West Midlands Police and British Transport Police have appointed 12 new Special Constables for the Safer Travel team, which deals with crime and anti-social behaviour on public transport in the West Midlands. The volunteers will be the first Specials to have a dedicated role in policing the region’s trains, buses and trams. They hold down […]
Judging for the 2014 UK Coach Awards has now begun. The judging panel consists of representatives from key industry bodies, including consumer representatives, who will be examining the entries across the competition’s 16 categories and undertaking mystery shopper tests. The winners will be announced at the annual presentation ceremony on 10 April at the Mercure […]
Labour’s Shadow Infrastructure Minister, Andrew Adonis, spent last week riding London’s buses to get a better idea how the network works. He aimed to cover 50 routes across the capital, including the most congested and most popular. To gain an insight, he talked to both drivers and passengers. He blogged his findings in The Independent, […]