Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced the new Conservative government’s plans to devolve power. The proposal was made during a speech on the Party’s building of a so-called Northern Powerhouse. In the speech, Osborne said, ‘Now we’re devolving power over policing, skills, housing. We’re giving the City control over transport, including buses.’ Osborne […]
An eight week consultation on a planned Quality Partnership Scheme in Manchester is being held. Bus operators, passengers and other stakeholders are being asked for their views on the proposal, which is intended to ensure passengers are guaranteed the highest quality of service. It comes on the back of the £122m bus priority package being […]
Held at the De Vere Carden Park Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, near Chester under the auspices of Network Warrington last week, the annual ALBUM Conference took as its title ‘A Sustainable Future for Bus Travel’, and a good line-up of speakers addressed this squarely. ALBUM (the Association of Local Bus Company Managers) represents the […]
Optare lent environmentally friendly buses to Arriva to operate a free service around Selby during the recent Tour de Yorkshire celebrations. In addition to the free shuttle service, the very latest all electric Optare bus was also on display at the new Selby leisure centre on Scott Road and was visited by Nigel Adams, the […]
Reading Buses has launched its new Emerald branded buses. The operator has invested £4m in the 85-seater Euro6 ADL Enviro400s used for this new ‘5 Star Service’, which is an upgrade to its mint green 5 and 6 routes. Reading Buses CEO, Martijn Gilbert, said, ‘The buses are breaking new ground in Reading as they […]
Come 8 June this year, we will say goodbye to the paper counterpart that currently accompanies all UK photocard driving licences. The government announced it is abolishing them as part of its Red Tape Challenge initiative on 22 December 2014. It will mean that from this summer onwards all paper counterparts will no longer have […]
Beverley Bell FCILT, Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain and CILT’s new President in the UK, asked guests at the Annual President’s Inauguration Lunch: ‘Why don’t people want to work in our industry?’ Beverley addressed the need to improve and raise the profile of the logistics and transport industry in order to attract more young […]
Transdev in Keighley has launched the ‘Brontë Bus’, the re-branded version of the 500 route between Keighley, Haworth and Hebden Bridge. £210,000 worth of new Wrightbus StreetLites have been placed on the route, fitted with free Wi-Fi and more comfortable seating than the previous vehicles. The service runs hourly, seven days a week. As well […]