Chalkwell has announced the creation of a new Twitter account for commuter customers. The introduction of this follows a recent survey into communications and traffic updates. The operator is posting live updates about its commuter services and where customers can provide it with instant feedback. Delays of up to 15 minutes will be sent out […]
Working with the Jack Tierney Gallery, based in Cults, First Aberdeen has transformed the interior of one of its buses into the company’s first ‘art on wheels’ internal gallery. The vehicle is used on the operator’s Platinum 19 service between Culter, Aberdeen City Centre and Tillydrone. The project was developed by the gallery’s collection of […]
Chester Council chiefs hailed what has been described as a ‘significant milestone’ in the delivery of the town’s new bus interchange after agreeing to appoint a design and build contractor. Relocation of the existing bus exchange from Princess Street is a ‘key enabling project’ in the £300m Northgate development. To date, £262,000 had been spent […]
Plans have been unveiled to transform travel along Manchester’s Oxford Road, with a major bus priority corridor featuring Greater Manchester’s first ever Dutch-style cycle lanes. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Manchester City Council have developed the proposals which are designed to go hand-in-hand with the recently advertised bus priority changes for the city centre. […]
FirstBus has become the first nationwide public transport company to offer Barclays Pingit as a mobile payment option. Having completed the roll out of mobile ticketing across its operations, the operator has also confirmed that its customers can now pay for their mTickets using the mobile payment app Barclays Pingit. Despite having only recently added […]
Mercedes-Benz has marked the 20 year anniversary of the launch of its Turkish built Tourismo touring coach. Since the vehicle’s release, over 21,000 units have rolled off the production line. Originally built as a high-decker in just one length, the current generation of Tourismo coaches spans a wide range of models. The Tourismo’s formula for […]
Four of Liverpool’s bus lanes have come back into operation following a review. The city’s 26 lanes were suspended in October 2013 to monitor and analyse their effect on traffic flow. As a result of a review by traffic consultants Mott McDonald, it has been decided to remove permanently all the lanes with the exception […]
West Midland political leaders have agreed to commission a ten year transport plan to help ‘unlock the region’s full economic potential’. The ten year strategic transport plan to help meet the level of economic growth required was agreed by leaders of the seven West Midlands metropolitan authorities and the three Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), which […]