Arriva, Stagecoach and Merseytravel have signed a new agreement to form the Liverpool City Region Bus Alliance. With an aim to provide improved, more efficient, joined up and better value services, the deal is aimed at delivering over £25m worth of investment in bus services in the first year of the five year partnership. The […]
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), along with JCDecaux and RATP, have developed what is being hailed as a ‘super’ bus shelter. The facility on Piccadilly, in close proximity to Manchester Piccadilly rail station, features free charging points for phones and other mobile devices, free Wi-Fi, plus news, travel and city information via digital touchscreens. It […]
A busway between Cambourne and Cambridge has been suggested by The Greater Cambridge City Deal, an agreement set up between a partnership of local organisations and Central Government. The largely off road bus route could reduce current bus journey times to just 28 minutes between Cambourne and Cambridge. It would also provide a cycleway and […]
The big trends were towards electromobility and connectivity though other significant motivators of change on many stands were the impending universal adoption of the 19.5-tonnes GVW across Europe (the usefulness of which is limited by the retention of the 11.5-tonnes rear axle limit) and the impending requirement for ECE66R02 rollover certification which potentially puts even […]
Greener Journeys, the campaign organisation pressing for more sustainable transport journeys, published research entitled ‘The Impact of Congestion on Bus Passengers’ in early June this year and has now produced an extended version with an enhanced annex now incorporating case studies from Gloucestershire, Dublin, Glasgow, Oxford and the West Midlands. It was launched last Wednesday […]
Following negotiations between the two companies, Suffolk Norse Ltd has agreed to undertake work already booked with Otley near Ipswich based Forget Me Not Travel Ltd and take on future bookings. The agreement includes Suffolk Norse Ltd operating from the existing Forget Me Not Travel Ltd depot, the purchase of vehicles and the offer of […]
Next year’s ALBUM Conference, ‘Driving the Customer Experience’, will be held at The Hilton Hotel in Blackpool from 8 to 10 May 2017. The event begins with a golf day sponsored by Scania with evening refreshments and entertainment on 8 May. The conference starts the next day and concludes on 10 May with a Gala […]
Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure in the Welsh government, Ken Skates, has supported the bus industry in a written statement. He announced a five point plan designed to help the sector become more sustainable and better able to ride out temporary economic challenges. The first point involves offering all bus companies in Wales the […]