A notorious road in the Scottish Highlands where a coach was blown over over is due to have improvements made to it. An appraisal of eleven options to improve the resilience of the A83 Rest and Be Thankful is underway. The road is occasionally blocked due to landslides. The potential options are being considered as […]
Weston-super-Mare-based Bakers Dolphin is pleased to report it is now running trips and holidays again. At the end of July the company took passengers on a scenic day tour to the north-Devon coast, the firm’s first commercial outing since March. By the end of this month, a further 16 holidays will have been completed. Satisfied […]
DVSA staff are starting to wear body-worn cameras on roadside checks and site visits. The agency is investing in ‘bodycams’ for all frontline enforcement staff. The equipment is intended to reduce physical and verbal assaults, acting as a deterrent to such behaviour. The police have been wearing these cameras for a number of years in […]
An Optare MetroCity electric single-decker has returned to Go North East. The operator previously trialled the vehicle in July. The bus will be trialled on the Quaylink Q3 service alongside Newcastle’s Quayside and through the city centre. In October, Go North East plans to introduce the region’s first full-electric fleet of buses between Newcastle and […]
Low Emission Zones (LEZs) are due to be introduced across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen between February 2022 and May 2022. Plans to implement Low Emission Zones (LEZs) across the four cities were paused temporarily in May in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. They were expected to be introduced later this year. Due to the […]
Go-Ahead Group has had its contract to operate 450 buses in the Loyang region of Singapore extended by two years. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore granted the contract extension to Go-Ahead Singapore on the basis of strong operational performance. The extension is to begin in September 2021 and run until September 2023. This […]
Zenobe Energy has welcomed the launch of National Express Group’s first electric buses on its Coventry network. Linking the city centre and University Hospital, the first buses will begin operating this Sunday. Zenobe, which powers 25% of the EV bus market in the UK, is providing National Express Coventry with its end-to-end solution, including batteries, […]
Metroline has objected to trade union Unite’s negative claims about the operator’s new remote signing-on process. By introducing remote signing-on, drivers would not report to a depot but would meet their bus and begin work at a location such as a bus stop. Unite is warning of potential travel disruption as it engages in the […]