With very limited exceptions, anyone who holds a standard PSV operator’s licence is required to satisfy the requirement of professional competence. At its most basic, this means that the operator himself has, or must employ someone who has, the relevant Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). That person then acts as the Transport Manager (TM) nominated […]
What would you do if you arrived at the scene of a road traffic accident to find people injured or in danger and in need of assistance? With relatively little training you might be able to do enough to ensure somebody stayed alive until the emergency services arrived and delivered professional care. If nothing else, […]
The Zero Emission Urban Bus System (ZeEUS) project was officially launched in Brussels on 23 January by UITP. The event was held in the Palais des Academies, across the street from the Royal Palace in the centre of the city. UITP is playing an important role in co-ordinating 40 organisations in an innovative project to […]
Public Transport Campaigner, Campaign for Better Transport, Martin Abrams, said, ‘Cuts to bus services are now reaching critical levels. We have seen services lost year on year and with further deep cuts planned next year, some authorities may stop supporting buses altogether. This is a watershed moment. If Government doesn’t take action to help support […]
Traditionally, it has mainly been in the small bus and community transport sectors that the provision of devices to help those passengers with mobility impairment to board has been focussed. To a very considerable degree that remains the case because of the more specialist needs of many of the passengers carried, particularly on specialist contracts, […]
One word that is used increasingly in trade and industry in recent years is compliance. It is often given as a reason why something can or cannot be done. When EvoBus UK kindly invited me to a recent International Press Event in Stuttgart, I asked if it would be possible to have an interview with […]
It is now 20 years since Scania and Irizar started working together to bring the Century body on the K113 chassis to the UK market. I was lucky to be one of the first to visit the plant when I joined the then MD of Scania Bus & Coach, Don Macintosh, on a visit to […]