Transport Borough of the Year 1. City of London Corporation 2. London Borough of Waltham Forest Excellence in Cycling and Walking 1. London Borough of Brent, Cycling and Walking in Brent – Meeting the Challenge 2. London Borough of Croydon, Transforming the High Street – experimental pedestrianisation 3. London Borough of Hillingdon, Cycle Initiatives and […]
An operator I spoke to not so long ago has mixed feelings about running midicoaches. On the one hand, he said, they are popular and fill a niche. On the other, they’re not much cheaper to run than a full-sized coach. When you think about it, how do you explain to a hirer that the […]
A £100m partnership blueprint aims to deflect from Andy Burnham’s ambition to franchise Manchester’s bus network. Plans unveiled by OneBus, the city’s bus operator partnership, are intended to deliver better connectivity for local communities, ease the cost of travel and tackle the region’s growing congestion and air pollution. The blueprint is consistent with the new […]
BusyBus is now offering daily tours from the Lake District. Since being founded 16 years ago, the operator has been providing sightseeing tour adventures from Liverpool, Chester and Manchester to the Lake District, North Wales and Yorkshire. But commencing this February, it is now operating its tours daily from Kendal, Windermere, Bowness and Ambleside. BusyBus […]
An audit of the finances of a community transport scheme has discovered little separation between commercial and ‘not for profit’ operations. Fenland Association for Community Transport (FACT) and allied CTOs ESACT and HACT was subject to a lengthy legal investigation late last year, which concluded that the organisations may have operated unlawfully in several respects. […]
Based in the pretty town of Midsomer Norton, nestled next to the Mendips, Centurion Travel is a traditional coach operation in almost every sense. Its one-acre depot sits alongside a church, surrounded by residential property, and has been developed gradually to meet modern standards. It is a world away from the image of many of […]
Long-established family operator, John Smith & Sons ceased trading on 17 January 2019. The directors have instructed Mike Jenkins and David Broadbent of Begbies Traynor to assist with the winding up of the company. Founded in 1935 and based in Dalton near Thirsk, the company provided local and school bus services and executive coach hire […]
Ford’s ride-sharing shuttle service, Chariot, is set to close. The operation’s UK arm is set to end services on 25 January 2019. Its US operations are due to close on 1 February 2019. It plans to have ceased all operations across the US and in the UK by the end of March. It said it […]