That does rather depend on whether the Grim Reaper spares me for another decade or so, but despite all the advances in emissions control for diesels (and bus and coach engines are, beyond doubt, very clean) two spectres hover over them. The first is the problem of fossil fuels. While it’s possible to run compression-ignition […]
Dear Mrs Greenwood, I was a keen observer of the Transport Select Committee debate on Community Transport, focused on the use of Section 19 and 22 permits, at which both sides of the debate – commercial operators and the CT operators – were represented. I was therefore shocked to read Hansard and to discover […]
Reading Buses CEO, Martijn Gilbert, is to leave his post at the end of July. Martijn is to take up the role of MD at Go-Ahead Group’s Go North East operation, based in Newcastle. He is to take over from Kevin Carr, who is set to retire. Martijn has held his role at Reading since […]
Go-Ahead owned Oxford Bus Company is to launch what it describes as the UK’s most ambitious demand-responsive bus service. Launching on 25 June, the PickMeUp service will enable residents, workers and students in a 12.2 square mile area around Oxford to request a bus pick-up within minutes at a virtual bus-stop using a new mobile […]
FirstGroup is trialling what has been described as the UK’s first cross-modal public transport. The new mode of transport is being tested in Bristol’s Henleaze and Westbury Park regions. First has joined forces with Bristol-based technology start-up Esoterix Systems to deliver the service. The pilot started on 15 May and sees people using a hackney-style […]
Almost ten years ago, the first double-deck hybrid vehicles developed by ADL in partnership with BAE Systems to TfL specification entered service in the capital. More than 1300 examples have subsequently joined them in providing a significant contribution to reducing CO2 output, the cause of global warming, through improved fuel economy. They have also played […]
Trade body’s consultation response says DfT guidance for local journeys and for ‘less than cost’ operations are deeply flawed The Confederation of Passenger Transport has slammed proposed distance limits in guidance for Section 19/22 regulation as ‘wrong in principle and unworkable in practice.’ Responding to the Department for Transport’s consultation as it tries to rectify […]
Sector skills council for the bus and coach industry, People 1st, has entered administration. People 1st is the skills and talent management sector skills organisation for hospitality, retail, passenger transport, travel and tourism in the UK. It has led the development work on the new apprenticeship standards and is the External Quality Assurance (EQA) body […]