London’s ExCel Centre hosted Highways UK recently, an event bringing together those involved with planning, developing, maintaining and managing the country’s road network. Combining a series of conferences and an exhibition, the event gave Chris Peat an insight into some of the issues surrounding the highways and byways the bus and coach sector relies on. […]
Earlier in the year, Bus and Coach Buyer reported on the BUSFORUS App developed by Rise Digital Media and piloted by Metro, First Bus and Arriva in Leeds. Now the company has taken the system development a stage further to produce an onboard passenger information system using mobile data technology. Intended to make travel easier […]
Social media is great, isn’t it? If the kids are posting selfies from the back seat they might not annoy the driver so much, and some even say it is responsible for the low crime statistics on the basis that all those wannabe criminals out there are just too lazy to put the igadget down […]
Change is constant in today’s operating environment but recent events at Dews Coaches, based at Somersham in Cambridgeshire, mark a significant landmark for this third generation family run business. Simon Dew and his wife Debbie have been at the helm for some years now but Simon’s father, David, now 72, has voluntarily taken the decision […]
The arrival in Colchester this week of the first five of 17 new 11.5m Wrightbus Streetlite Max Micro Hybrid Door Forward buses is the second major investment First Essex has made in the town in recent months, coming close on the heels of the opening of a new depot. It is helping to transform an […]
News that BSOG has been retained is the headline from the Autumn Statement outlining the Government’s spending plans over the course of the Parliament. BSOG is currently worth over £300m each year to bus services. Announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, the Statement is actually two announcements combined, including not only a document […]
Irish Transport Minister, Michelle McIlveen, has announced the award of a £19m contract to supply a fleet of 30 Van Hools vehicles for the new Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) system. The Belgian based manufacturer will be supported locally by Road Trucks Limited of Larne. Van Hool Exqui.Citys have been selected for the BRT, which will […]
The UK’s first Bus Alliance was launched in the West Midlands recently with the initial delivery board meeting taking place. As part of the Alliance, £150m will be invested in new vehicles, technology and road improvements between now and 2020. It was launched by the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (ITA), made up of the […]