A report by Greener Journeys says a 10% improvement in bus services would lead to almost 10,000 more people in work in the poorest neighbourhoods in England. The sustainable transport group’s study found enhancing local bus networks boosts employment and improves income, which it says helps reduce social deprivation. Conducted by KPMG and the Institute […]
First Bus has become a Platinum Corporate Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). The operator is the first passenger transport sector organisation to hold the grade of Platinum membership. Corporate membership will enable it to engage selected staff across many regional activities of the Institute, as well as a national network […]
Stagecoach has announced it is to deliver contactless bus travel on all of its regional bus services across the UK by the end of 2018. The £12m initiative will allow passengers to pay for their travel with a contactless credit or debit card, as well as Apple Pay and Android Pay. It launched the first […]
Last weekend, Stagecoach Midlands celebrated the 50th birthday of its two heritage double deckers, a Bristol FLF and an AEC Routemaster RML, by running them as duplicates on a variety of Saturday services radiating from Stratford on Avon. In the livery of Stratford Blue Motors, a company which was absorbed into Midland Red when the […]
First Potteries has invested £1.3m in eight ADL Enviro200s with E-Leather seating, CCTV and Wi-Fi. The vehicles are being used on services 21 and 23 to further improve bus provision across the Potteries area. MD of First Potteries, Nigel Eggleton, said, ‘Our latest investment is great news for customers, I am sure our new buses […]
Further help is being provided for those considering an entry to the UK Coach Awards for 2017. A new guide has been published as part of the new Coach Operators Pack on how operators can ask their customers for nominations. The pack is designed to contain everything potential entrants for the awards need, including a […]
Alexander Dennis Limited’s (ADL’s) latest Enviro500 full flat floor, three door, two staircase double decker has been displayed at the LTA-UITP Singapore International Transport Congress and Exhibition (SITCE) in Suntec City, Singapore. The concept bus, commissioned by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the Singaporean transport authority, is the result of close collaboration between the transport […]
Toyota Motor Corporation will begin to sell fuel cell buses (FC buses) under the Toyota brand from early 2017. The Bureau of Transportation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to utilise two Toyota FC Buses as fixed route vehicles. The manufacturer plans to introduce over 100 FC buses mainly in the Tokyo area, ahead of […]