Construction work is underway on the Sprint bus route designed to deliver improved journey times and more reliable services linking Walsall, Birmingham and Solihull. The Sprint bus corridor along the A45 and A34 will feature new and extended bus lanes and give buses priority at junctions to beat the traffic jams. Construction work has now […]
TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to spell out “crystal clear measures” to support Britain’s travel industry. Ahead of tomorrow’s Budget (Wednesday 3 March) the trade union boss appealed to Sunak to make every possible effort to help what he described as ‘key players’ in Britain’s economic recovery from the Covid […]
Temporary operators have been called in by Go North West to keep its network running during strikes. The strike action has been taken by some of the operators’ Unite trade union members due to a dispute over pay and working practice changes. The Go-Ahead-owned operator has brought in operators from across the region to run […]
Stagecoach has announced a major investment in new technology it says will help plan bus networks post-pandemic. The operator is to roll-out the Optibus software platform. This software is used in more than 450 cities around the world and uses a combination of artificial intelligence, advanced algorithms and cloud computing to deliver smarter timetables and […]
Coaches and buses entering London’s Low Emission Zone must now meet Euro VI standards or pay a daily charge. These new standards apply to heavy vehicles across most of Greater London and match the emission standards of the central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The LEZ applies to buses, minibuses and coaches of over […]
Transport research group TRL is calling for more to be done to tackle engine idling nationwide. TRL has urged local authorities to replicate a new evidence-based Idling Action London initiative at the Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality Working Group meeting in a bid to persuade changes of driver behaviour nationwide. As a new public […]
Last week’s government roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England provided confirmation that ITT Hub 2021 can open its doors on 30 June and 1 July at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. The event falls into step three of the criteria, whereby events can open after 17th May subject to the milestones set […]
Trade union Unite has written to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, requesting he intervene in a dispute over pay and work conditions at Go North West. A strike is currently planned for Sunday 28 February if a solution is not found for the dispute. The continuous all out strike action is planned over […]