West Midlands’ ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign on public transport has resulted in a prolific offender being sent back to prison. A customer on a 28 bus used the service to tell the authorities about two passengers who were openly taking drugs on an Erdington bus. Officers at the Safer Travel Partnership contacted National Express […]
Blackpool Transport has launched its ‘Love your Bus’ initiative. Adverts have been applied featuring images of local people who won a competition to be featured on the back of its buses. The ads have been placed on ten double deckers operating on various routes in the town. Sightings of the buses can be entered in […]
First Bus has supported the ‘International Day of People with Disabilities’ by announcing the launch of a new video. Due for release in early 2017, the film raises awareness of its ‘Journey Cards’. The operator relaunched its ‘Safe Journey Cards’ and ‘Better Journey Cards’, which are designed to help people use public transport where previously […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has said there are now over 10,000 smartcards being used every week on buses in its region, not including concessionary trips. The figures, from Greater Manchester Travelcards Ltd (GMTL), which manages multi-operator and combined bus and tram ticketing in Greater Manchester, also show that the ‘get me there’ smartphone app […]
Greener Journeys has published the findings of the consultation on the creation of a Transport Knowledge Hub to support Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) with the tools and information they need to make transport capital investments aimed at driving local economic growth and jobs. The organisation said the response from the KPMG led consultation was ‘very […]
Volvo Buses has highlighted the benefits of electromobility in Rio during the recent C40 Mayors Summit. The event saw world leaders gather in Mexico to discuss a low carbon future. Cities are being urged to adopt electromobility transport solutions and include electric and hybrid vehicles. Volvo has supplied 3,000 hybrid and electric buses globally. The […]
An investment of over £180m in bus services in Leeds has been proposed. The aim of the spend is to double passenger numbers within ten years and improve air quality. It forms part of the new Leeds Transport Strategy, which would see a total of £270m of improvements made to the public transport networks in […]
Roy McCarthy Coaches has placed an order for a 12.2m short wheelbase Plaxton Panther, the first of its type. The new Panther will be on a Euro6 Volvo B8R chassis with ZF automatic transmission. It will have 49 seats, centre toilet, fridge, boiler and a radio PA system. The announcement comes weeks after the Macclesfield […]