A white paper setting out Birmingham’s 20 year vision for improving transport across the city has been unveiled. Birmingham Connected, previously known as the Birmingham Mobility Action Plan (BMAP), aims to make the city safer and easier to travel around by reducing congestion and promoting more sustainable forms of transport. Its initiatives include the completion […]
As readers of our preview on the Euro Bus Expo know, there were many new releases, product launches and innovative technology featured at the show. As ever, Chris Peat traversed the halls and perused the stands, bringing you the latest products and services news while David Cole tracked down some of the seating providers to […]
Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, has announced £25m to provide hundreds of new minibuses to community transport operators in rural and isolated areas. The scheme is intended to support voluntary organisations who the Department claims provide vital services for people in rural communities with limited transport choices. The new fund means that organisations who already provide […]
Tower Transit, the UK based operation of Australia’s Transit Systems acquired Swavesey, Cambridgeshire based Whippet Coaches Ltd on 14th November for an undisclosed sum. Under the ‘goWhippet’ brand, the company operates a portfolio of services including participation in the Cambridgeshire Busway. Around 100 staff and 50 vehicles were included in the business transfer. Whippet Coaches […]
The hot topic at last year’s Coach and Bus Live was how would the industry react to the loss of the Mercedes-Benz Vario –the lifeblood of the 24-35 seat market for so many years? Eurobus Expo 2014 provided the answer – or did it? Unquestionably it presented lots of possibilities – by my reckoning at […]
Those manning the stands may not agree but for me last week’s Euro Bus Expo event flashed by. 16.30 on Thursday afternoon came round in no time and there were still things I’d wanted to see that I hadn’t got round to. The Bus & Coach Buyer team was out in force, with Rob Orchard […]
‘I’m basically a compliance chap,’ says Charlie Ahmed, owner of Invergold. His company looks after the legal compliance aspects of running a bus or coach operation, making sure it stays on the right side of operational regulations. Chris Peat met Charlie at his Birmingham office to find out how this relatively new company can help […]
The UK heavyweight 12 metre single deck market has declined markedly in importance over the years in the face of rising sales of midi and lighter weight alternatives but there remains a level of demand, mainly for more topographically challenging routes but also for specialist applications where robustness is paramount, such as guided busways. Prior […]