Over 1,000 local authority vehicles are set to be given pollution reducing technologies after Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, announced successful bidders for the £5m Clean Vehicle Technology Fund (CVTF). Seventeen local authorities have been awarded a share of the grants. Vehicles involved in the funding total 1,163 and include buses, coaches, taxis and emergency vehicles. […]
Buses are failing to support the 360,000 blind and partially sighted people in the UK, with only a limited number of buses fitted with audio-visual (AV) technology, according to Guide Dogs. The charity claims 19% of buses have AV technology, with the majority of these (97%) in Greater London. A new survey by the organisation […]
EYMS’s Customer Services Supervisor, Brian Page, has been voted viewers’ favourite character from Channel 5’s On the Yorkshire Buses TV show. The poll was run by local newspaper, Hull Daily Mail, which saw almost 900 people vote. With 34.8% of the vote, it was a narrow victory, with driver, retired bank manager and bus fanatic, […]
Set to stand out amongst Arriva Southern Counties’ buses in the Medway area are six 14-plate Euro5 ADL Enviro400s being placed on its 101 route in Medway. The service has been upgraded to the operator’s premium Sapphire brand and branded accordingly. The £1.2m worth of new vehicles were introduced to press and the public at […]
Oxford Bus has received delivery of the first of 14 new ADL Enviro400s for its BROOKESbus network. They were presented to senior Oxford Brookes University directors and the media on 2 September, by Operations Director, Phil Southall. The buses are the first of a new generation of Enviro400s by Alexander Dennis. They are the first […]
Bus and coach registrations in August this year fell 51.4% to 237 units, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). However, the year-to-date figure remains what SMMT describes as ‘stable’, with a 0.3% drop to 4,836. The rolling year total was up 8.1% at 7,692. SMMT Chief Executive, Mike Hawes, […]
New research for transport campaign group, Greener Journeys, shows every £1 spent on free bus travel for older and disabled people generates over £2.87 of benefits for society and the wider economy. According to the research by KPMG LLP, taking away the bus pass could cost the UK economy in excess of £1.7bn a year […]
Hot topics surrounding PCV driver training were discussed during the second annual National Truck and Bus Driver Trainers Conference. Despite the name there was just as much (if not more) content relevant to the bus and coach industry in the presentations as there was truck. The event was part of the road safety charity, AIRSO’s […]