The government is carrying out a review of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) to see how it can be improved to help ease driver shortages. The review will be informed by input from a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives of drivers, road transport operators, employers, trainers and road safety groups. It is to […]
TotalEnergies and Daimler Truck AG have signed today an agreement on their joint commitment to the decarbonization of the road freight in the European Union. The partners will collaborate in the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen, with the intent to demonstrate the attractiveness and effectiveness of trucking powered by clean hydrogen […]
As attention turns to transport at the COP26 climate change summit today (10 November), Stagecoach is urging leaders to put in place firm plans to motivate and incentivise people to change the way they travel in order to meet the country’s net zero ambitions. The operator is warning that Net-Zero ambitions cannot be achieved by […]
Six Mellor Strata Ultras are being rolled out on Team Pennine’s routes. The new buses are the first for Halifax in six years. They are to enter service on five local bus routes this month. The new buses are the result of an investment of almost £1 million by Team Pennine’s parent firm Transdev as […]
Kel Pizzuti has taken on the role of new Operations Manager for Transdev’s York and North Yorkshire-based Coastliner and York & Country. Kel (35) brings 15 years of experience in the bus industry to his new role, including leading Transdev’s City Sightseeing York open-top tour bus team to their most successful summer on record this […]
Reaseheath College and First Bus has established what has been described as the UK’s first bus and coach engineering academy. The new facility in Nantwich is delivering tailored training to First Bus apprentice engineering technicians in the maintenance of next generation, zero-emission transport vehicles. Reaseheath has invested £50,000 into state-of-the-art training equipment and First Bus […]
Go-Ahead-owned Go North West is offering free travel on its buses for serving members of the armed forces and veterans on Remembrance Day (11 November) and on Remembrance Sunday (14 November). To travel for free on these dates, all veterans and current forces personnel need to do is to show their forces ID to the […]
As the COP26 UN climate-change conference continues, Yutong is marking a green milestone moment. The Chinese manufacturer’s zero-emission PCVs have travelled 26.2 billion zero-emission kilometres globally since its electric vehicles were launched in 1999. “…this latest achievement by Yutong is particularly timely with the company marking over 26 billion kilometres travelled in its zero-emission electric […]