A new pilot scheme in Greater Manchester has been launched aiming to boost the ability to tackle and prevent crime and antisocial behaviour on the region’s bus and tram network. Under the Travelsafe Partnership, a dedicated team of 16 police constables, police community support officers, special constables and security personnel will provide regular patrols on […]
Scania is to deliver an additional 100 chassis to Taiwanese bodybuilder, Gen-Chen. The company has worked with the Scandinavian manufacturer since the early 1990s and in recent years exclusively relies on Scania. Scania says its Euro5 coaches have become the best selling vehicles in the high end coach and intercity market in the Chinese state. […]
This year, mergers and acquisitions in the transport and logistics sector will supersede the levels seen in 2014, according to KPMG’s latest ‘Transport Tracker’. The first quarter of 2015 has already seen completed global transactions worth £6.7bn and further acquisitions valued at £6.7bn have already been announced. The research found that purchase prices rose, which […]
TfL’s bus operational management team has received two Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell electric cars. The two vehicles are powered by hydrogen and emit zero emissions. They are for use in undertaking a number of tasks including checking bus route diversions and carrying out site meetings. Their fuel cell stack converts hydrogen into electricity to drive […]
BUSK is to hold the School Transport Safety Conference 2015, which is aimed at anyone with a responsibility to make or approve transport arrangements for others. Day one concerns school trips in the UK and abroad and is to be chaired by CPT’s South West Regional Manager, John Burch. Day two is on home to […]
Over 10,000 fast moving items have been catalogued by Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) and are now available online (www.adlparts.direct). Over the past 12 months, the ADL team has made a significant investment in cataloguing thousands of items, photographing and, where appropriate, presenting them as diagrams and drawings in an effort to achieve quick and trouble […]
A trial of Timespace Technology’s upper deck seat indicator technology in London has been extended. Following a successful assessment on a route 141 bus last year, TfL has expanded the trial to a whole route. The equipment is now being used on service 59 between Kings Cross St Pancras and Streatham Hill (Telford Avenue) via […]
According to a report by market researchers, Freedonia, worldwide demand for buses is projected to rise by more than 5% per annum to over 600,000 units in 2018, twice as fast as the 2008-2013 rate of increase. Entitled ‘World Buses’, the study says the number of buses in use worldwide is expected to exceed 8m […]