Potential factors for increasing patronage on bus services have been highlighted in a paper released by the the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s (CILT) Bus & Coach Policy Group. The paper draws on evidence regarding overall demand factors and seeks to show how bus patronage has declined and how demand can be brought back. […]
The Confederation of Passenger Transport has confirmed that the government has not backed down on conflicting guidance from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the DfT, and says that it does not want private hire groups to travel until Step 3 of the ‘roadmap’ – starting on 17 May. However, the CPT has […]
News that the Cabinet Office had done a U-turn on restarting tours interrupted an on-line meeting with Transport Minister Baroness Vere. The Zoom meeting saw Richard Bamber of Anthonys Travel – representing RHA Coaches – Alan Acklam, and Emma Hardy MP making the case for the government to support a full return to business for […]
Reading Buses has put three of its gas-powered dual-door Scania double-deckers on its greenwave service. The gas buses replace similarly-powered single-deckers on the route. The greenwave service is run in partnership with Green Park rail station and last november was given a simplified route designed to make the network easier to understand. The double-deckers feature […]
The international arm of Wrightbus has received two landmark orders to produce a total of 45 buses for markets in the far east from its factory in Malaysia. Worth £8m, the buses will be destined for the streets of Hong Kong and Japan. “These orders will help us emerge from the pandemic with confidence” – […]
The government has reversed guidance for coach trips which suggested they could be run since this Monday, setting them back until 17 May. The original Safer Transport guidance specifically allowed coaches to be run with “…separate multiple groups which conform to the requirements of the relevant social contact rules.” Now, the Cabinet Office has changed […]
Operators from across the Glasgow region have joined forces to create Glas-Go, a new bus alliance formed to improve sustainable travel in and out of the city while increasing bus patronage by 25% over the next five years. As part of The Glas-Go Bus Alliance, a manifesto has been created which captures a multi-operator vision […]
Responding to a Government consultation on phasing out new diesel buses, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has highlighted that zero emission buses alone cannot deliver net-zero emissions. Instead, the trade body suggests there needs to be a change in people’s travel behaviour so that more people choose to travel by bus. CPT stated that […]